Strand D: Structures and Mechanisms

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Depth

At a glance

Curriculum expectations

D1 — analyse social and environmental impacts of forces acting on structures, and assess ways to mitigate these impacts
D2 — demonstrate an understanding of forces that act on structures, and how various structures withstand them

Lessons

Floods and earthquakes: what happens to structuresWhat forces from nature, a flood and an earthquake, do to the structures of a town, and a rebuilding afterward (D1.1, D2.2).
Building a dome to stand through earthquakesWhat changes a builder made after earthquakes damaged one great building, and which features were said to help it stand (D1.2, D2.3).

Brief

Strand D of the Grade 5 Science and Technology course: Structures and Mechanisms. It has two lessons: what a flood and an earthquake do to structures, and how one great dome was repaired and braced after earthquakes. ¹

Sources

Ontario Ministry of Education, The Ontario Curriculum: Science and Technology, Grades 1–8 (2022)

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islam.museum contributors. “Strand D: Structures and Mechanisms”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/course/ca-on-g5-science-d/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-12.

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