Thursday, January 17, 2013
Future Engineers
This fall (2012) I changed up the middle school shop class just a little bit, instead of just doing traditional wood projects I added some engineering to it. The students learned about structure, designing, drafting, and construction on a budget. The students designed and build toothpick bridges to span a 16 inch gap. We then had a competition to see who's bridge would hold the most weight. I was AMAZED!!!!! The toothpick bridges held more than I thought they could. As a matter of fact the winning bridge (pictured below with the designers; Grace and Hallie) held 112 pounds.
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