Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to identify and describe different structures that can be used to support constructions and compare shapes that could be used for building supports and a worksheet to select and record how to add triangles to support different shaped structures.

The interactive presentation can be used to explore how to design and test different ways of supporting cuboid frames using triangle supports structures.

This lesson is part of a design technology scheme of work to get the children to select, shape and combine different materials to plan, build and test a model of a garden construction suitable for growing plants and flowers. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.