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Lesson 3: How can we make longer bridges?

Exploring how suspension cables can reinforce bridge structures.
Model of a suspension bridge made with lollipop sticks and string.

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Before the lesson

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Lesson plan

1. Recap and recall

This activity revisits learning from Lesson 2: How can we make bridges stronger? to help the children recall key knowledge about strengthening structures.

Show slide 1 of the Presentation: True or false? Read each statement aloud. Ask the children to show thumbs up for true or thumbs down for false.

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