Stack It Up

A cathedral is an awesome structure to look at and explore. But just how is one built? Students will learn firsthand how forces of compression are at work in the walls, foundation and arches to support these huge buildings — and how the force of tension contributes to their stability.

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Rights granted with the purchase include: a) life of media audiovisual use, b) public performance, c) campus or building closed circuit and digital/video-on-demand transmission.

Ideal for grades 5-8
Duration: thirty minutes
©1993 Children's Television Workshop
Series #567
Series title: 321 Contact Architecture