Bridge Building Showdown!

This morning, the students used their knowledge of different kinds of bridges (truss, arch and pillar) to design a paper bridge that needed to span 15 cm and support as many pennies as possible! They were allowed to use a maximum of 2 pieces of paper and were not permitted to use glue or tape! The students rose enthusiastically to this challenge!

Emily and Katherine's arch/truss bridge held the record with 82 pennies until Emmanuel's pillar/truss bridge managed to hold 86 pennies before collapsing! We will test a few more tomorrow afternoon!