Easy Lesson Plans: Beam Bridges
Posted by Ken Scheel on Apr 10th 2024
Explore the first of 7 types of bridges
- Intro
- All the bridges in the world can be broken down into 7 categories
- Over the next few weeks, we will be looking at 4 of them: Beam, Truss, Arch, and Cantilever bridges
- Prompt
- Definition of a Beam Bridge: a horizontal beam supported on both ends
- Give students 5 minutes to build a simple beam bridge
- Let students expand their bridges to make it bigger, more interesting, or appealing (10-30 minutes for this section)
- Do a Gallery Walk to see everyone’s bridges