Shapes and the Distribution Of Forces

Do It Now

• YOU CAN DO IT! Multitask:

Eat your snack AND make your shapes

• YOU HAVE 10 minutes to finish making your shapes and clean up your area.

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Push down on your shapeWhich feels the strongest?

Why?

Forces at work on a Truss

Make More crisscross shapes Link them together and PUSH!