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Article: Wood pole alternative design challenge: it's the kind of challenge that will completely change the way students see such a commonplace piece of engineering.(Classroom Challenge)
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- The Technology Teacher
- Article date:
- February 1, 2008
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Introduction
Everyone knows what they are, the wooden utility poles that hold up power lines, telephone lines, and cable TV wires. They are everywhere and aging rapidly. Probably the average life of utility poles now in service is easily over 40 years. This important resource now requires increasing maintenance and care to restore and preserve them in place. Wood, like all natural products, has a finite lifetime. In this challenge, your students will seek alternatives to traditional wood poles.
The Challenge
Students will investigate and develop viable alternatives to wood poles. They will:
* Identify ...