Tech #9: Truss structures
Today we built truss structures for tech. First you had to get toothpicks and something soft. I used pieces of a carrot, as my something soft. After you had all of your materials, you had to make a cube. Here is my cube:
After my cube was built, the task was to see how many books your cube could hold. Mine could hold two. This is my cube after it collapsed:
After this you had to build your own structure, using triangles in some way. This is my structure:
Like the cube, you had to see how many books your structure could hold, before it collapsed. This structure also survived for two books. Here is my structure after it collapsed.
Overall this activity was very fun and interesting. I also enjoyed seeing other people’s structures on pallet. It was interesting to see what other people’s structures looked like and what they used as their soft material. I’m sad that tech is almost over because I really enjoyed it.
This is my last blog post, so I can’t say until my next post. Bye!