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Designing Highway Interchanges

Participants try their hand at designing highway interchanges that don't require cars to cross lanes of traffic. In the process they are introduced to topology, the mathematics of how objects are connected.

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Activity Type:Hands-On Activities
Discipline:Civil
Topic(s):Space/Transportation
Grade:3-5, 6-8
Time:30 minutes or less

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