Ever thought about the science behind your child’s LEGO masterpiece?
Join us in this engaging blog post where 3rd-grade students will explore the concept of stability in structures. By altering structures to improve their strength, gathering information through drawings and descriptions, and making connections to real-life examples, students will enhance their understanding of shapes, materials, and the science behind stable structures.
Teacher Notes includes success criteria, list of materials needed, procedure and ideas for differentiation and enrichment.
Holding the Load Experiment
Students will investigate which shape is the strongest and most stable.
Strengthening Structures
Students will examine how builders use triangle shapes to build structures because triangle shapes can make structures stronger.
Tying In The Tension
Students will locate the ties that help a structure to support a load by being in tension.
Strutting Out The Compression
Students will learn about struts and how it helps the structure to hold a load by resisting comprehension.
Here are the downloadable files for this lesson on Holding the Load:
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