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Operation Build a Bridge and Get Over It
| Content Provider | TeachEngineering: STEM curriculum for K-12 |
|---|---|
| Author | Richards, Nadia |
| Copyright Year | 2015 |
| Description | Students act as structural engineers and learn about forces and load distributions as they follow the steps of the engineering design process to design and build small-scale bridges using wooden tongue depressors and glue. They test their bridges to see how much weight they can hold until they break and then determine which have the highest strength-to-weight ratios. Students act as structural engineers and learn about forces and load distributions as they follow the steps of the engineering design process to design and build small-scale bridges using wooden tongue depressors and glue. Teams brainstorm ideas that meet the size and material design constraints and create prototype bridges of the most promising solutions. They test their bridges to see how much weight they can hold until they break and then determine which have the highest strength-to-weight ratios. They examine the prototype failures to identify future improvements. This activity is part of a unit in which multiple activities are brought together for an all-day school/multi-school concluding “engineering field day” competition. |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights Holder | Regents of The University of Colorado University of California Davis |
| Subject Keyword | Science and Technology Structural Engineering Tongue Depressors Civil Engineering Stick Bridge Bridge Prototype Ratio |
| Content Type | Text Video |
| Time Required | PT6H |
| Education Level | Class IV Class V Class VI |
| Pedagogy | Experimental Activity Lecture cum Demonstration |
| Resource Type | Hands-on |
| Subject | Technical |
