A visual presentation for grade 5 about structures. Pictures and information used from various sources.

1. STRUCTURES
Structures have different jobs (functions).
- support
- protect
- enclose – to keep something in or unwanted things out (house)
- help with movement
There are three types of structures:
- shell structures
- frame structures
- solid structures

2. shell structures
Shell structures has a curved shape and is hollow inside.

3. Shell inside…
Shell outside

4. Birds nests

5. Spider’s web – the threads a spider spins are stronger
Than treads of steel of the same thickness
frame structures
Frame structures are made of joined pieces.

6. Honeycomb

7. The Grand Canyon
solid structures
Solid structures are naturally formed mountains
and man made things like bricks and cement to build structures:

8. Architects / designers use nature to:
- inspire them
- to teach them how to build safe and solid buildings
- create beautiful artwork and statues

9. The Golden Gate Bridge is a famous suspension
bridge that reaches over the San Francisco Bay
Perhaps the most famous landmark in
London, Tower Bridge

10. World's tallest hotel.
The Burj Al Arab
hotel in Dubai.
Sydney Opera House (Sydney, Australia) - The Sydney Opera house,
completed in 1973, is starkly beautiful structure.

11. The Eiffel Tower was an openwork
structure tower built in Champ de Mars
of Pairs in 1889, it is 300 meters high,
the antenna is 24 meters high, ...

12. The Colosseum, inaugurated in A.D. 80, seated 50,000 and hosted
gladiatorial games, ritual animal hunts, parades and executions.

13. The giant fish sculpture which was designed by Frank Gehry for the 1992
Barcelona Olympics

14. Famous structures in Cape Town

16. Strange buildings and structures

17. greenhouse in the botanical garden of curitiba in
southern brazil

18. TENNESSEE

19. Capital Gate Tower

20. Icicle towers Dubai

21. The Robot Building ( Thailand )

22. The Basket Building (United States)

23. Kansas City Library ( United States )

24. The Piano House ( China )

25. The Crooked House ( Poland )

26. The Dancing House ( Czech Republic )

27. Believe it or NOT