Bridge building will begin following the
concepts of Significant Figures, Vectors and Scalers, 1-D Motion, 2-D
Motion, Forces, and Momentum.
Students will have one day to plan, 5 work days and one day to test.
Requirements:
- Each group will be given 500 milk straws (14.6 cm long), a pair of scissors, a hot glue gun and 2 sticks of hot glue.
- The brige must span an open distance of 50 cm.
- It must hold at a minimum 250 g at its center.
- The bridge may only be touching the tops of the testing area.
- The bridge may not be secured to the areas on either end of the 50 cm span.
- There is no maximum for length, width or height.
