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 - 3rd Grade

    Lesson 207

    Join Mrs. Ignagni for a Mystery Math Mistake with her friend Springling. Can you figure out where she went wrong on her open number line?

  • Lesson 207

    Explore the Multiply by 7 facts using the grouping of objects and arrays. Compete against characters to see who finds the product first. Practice with the commutative property of multiplication and 7's. Use multiplication facts you already know to help find the product when one factor is 7.

  • Math Mights - Kindergarten

    Lesson 207

    Warm up with a Mystery Math Mistake to tell whether Dotson's 10-frames represent a number more than his focus number. Examine a train to find shapes. Put together shapes to make familiar objects.