As materials engineers, it is important to know and understand the types of materials available for creating a technology. Remember that as materials engineers, first graders will be making their own mortars to build a wall out of rocks. Their walls will keep a hungry bunny out of a school garden!
It is more affordable to make our own mortars than buying them, so we're looking to use earth materials. We're first exploring the earth materials when they are dry, identifying the distinguishing properties between clay, sand, and soil. Are they smooth? Soft? Sticky? What size are their particles? Are the particles the same size or different sizes?
It is more affordable to make our own mortars than buying them, so we're looking to use earth materials. We're first exploring the earth materials when they are dry, identifying the distinguishing properties between clay, sand, and soil. Are they smooth? Soft? Sticky? What size are their particles? Are the particles the same size or different sizes?
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