How come a bench is able to support your weight and resist the gravity pulling it towards the earth? How do buildings manage to stay upright? And how do all of those shapes stick together? When you can find the smaller structures hidden inside a building’s design, you can also see how the architect used them in the best way possible to make that building strong.

Related Lessons

  • Math Mights - Kindergarten

    Lesson 208

    Warm up with a Mystery Math Mistake to tell whether Dotson's 10-frames represent a number less than his focus number. Tell Which One Doesn't Belong by examining four sets of pattern blocks. Use pattern blocks to make different shapes.

  • Math Mights - 1st Grade

    Lesson 208

    Warm up with a Mystery Math Mistake to find the error in DC's addition. Use different strategies to subtract including counting back and the connection between addition and subtraction. Use a number line to help count on to find a difference.

  • Math Mights - 2nd Grade

    Lesson 208

    Warm up with a Mystery Math Mistake to find the mistake made in counting up on a number line to subtract. Notice and wonder to compare a bar graph and a line plot. Measure your own hand span. Create and use a line plot of hand span data to answer questions.