This week, in class, we are learning about trusses. In the Nearpod lesson yesterday, I learned that triangles are much more stronger than rectangles and such other shapes. Mr. Calvert then said that is why triangles are used for buildings like bridges more frequently than rectangles, rhombus, and parallelograms. Today, he proved that to us by building a 3D cube, and showing it to us what will happen if we put weight on them. He stacked books until the cube couldn’t support them anymore and broke. When watching his experiments, I was amazed because I had never really looked into what shapes were used when building skyscrapers and bridges. When people construct and design their structures, they need to think about how much the structures will be able to hold and how long it will hold simultaneously, so I thought that being a constructor is an really arduous job and requires critical thinking skills.
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