Activity (Hands-On)Grades 8 - 10
Polygons and Popsicle Trusses
Materials List
Each group needs:
- graph paper
- protractors
- ruler
- pencils
- scissors
- 100 Popsicle sticks
- hot glue gun and hot glue sticks
- 6 stickers, to tag target angles; see Figure 1
- Design a Truss Worksheet (PDF), one per student
- Data Collection Sheet (PDF), one per student
To share with the entire class:
- stacks of same-size textbooks, for compression testing
- capability to show the class the Introduction to Trusses Presentation (PPTX), a PowerPoint® file