Terrific Triangles

In Science Week, we fused Science into our Maths programme.  We used forces (which can be a push or a pull, although in this case we used a pull) to make triangles of every shape and size using elastic bands and string.  We knew our shapes were all triangles because, no matter the shape, they all had three straight sides.  When we had finished making triangles, we drew them using our rulers to keep the lines super straight.

Each person in our team pulled on their string to make a group triangle

We had to divide the string into thirds so we could cut three pieces which were all the same length.

We had to mark the elastic band into thirds, and then tie a piece of string on each mark.