Brick by Brick features engaging educational resources created by the Museum’s Center for the Advancement of Science Education that are linked to what students are learning in the classroom. Explore concepts in the classroom before and after your visit, use the Brick by Brick Exploration Guide during your field trip and check out additional resources.

Brick by Brick is aligned with the following Next Generation Science Standards:

• Science and Engineering Practices: Asking questions and defining problems; developing and using models; planning and carrying out investigations and more.
• Crosscutting Concepts: Patterns; cause and effect; scale, proportion and quantity; and structure and function.
• Disciplinary Core Ideas: PS3 energy; ETS1 engineering design; and ETS 2 links among engineering, technology, science and society.

• Teacher Resource Packet (PDF)
• Architectural Design (PDF)
• Forces (PDF)
• Newspaper Tent (PDF)
• Straw Bridges (PDF)
• Dynamic Skyscrapers (PDF)
• Structure and Function Exploration Guide (PDF)