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Truss Design (HS)

The objective of the lesson plan/presentation is aimed at demonstrating how trusses can be designed to carry load in different conditions. Students will be exposed to different truss design strategies, and fabrication techniques. Students will participate in hands on exercise where they will design, analyze, fabricate and test the trusses.

objectives

Students will be familiarized with fundamental properties of engineered building product.

Topic(s)

Engineering

type

High school activity from Sunday Academy

9-12

Grade(s): 

time needed

6 hours

author

Dilpreet Bajwa, Daniel Tuhy, Michael Brown

national next gen standards

north dakota standards

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