Building a wooden bridge

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two pieces of wood are shown with pins and thread on the top one is an unfinished bridge

When building a balsa bridge or tower, you need to pay attention to the quality of the wood, the properties of the glue, and whether your pieces are straight and level. Balsa wood varies significantly in weight, ranging from 4 pounds per...

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a young boy standing in front of a model of a bridge

We’ve finally begun our Road Trip USA curriculum this past week, and Delaware was one of our first stops. Aside from a trip to Joe’s Crab Shack for some crab legs, the Delaware memorial Bridge craft was one of our favorite activities! The Delaware Memorial Bridge is the…

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a wooden structure sitting on top of a desk next to papers and a laptop computer

Building model bridges is fun. So fun that sometimes you might not even know you are learning. Physics, math, and engineering concepts are brought to life through the hands-on project of designing and building a model bridge. Garrett's Bridges is a resource used by teachers, students, and parents alike for turning model bridge building into a fun and rich experience.

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a wooden bridge sitting on top of a table

For this project, we will be building bridges made out of Popsicle sticks. There are many challenges to this project, you must consider aesthetic appeal, your bridge must span twenty inches and hold three pounds. Comment to this post by answering: Do you think a bridge made out of Popsicle sticks can hold three pounds? Why or why not?

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a computer keyboard sitting on top of a wooden floor next to a model of a bridge

Building model bridges is fun. So fun that sometimes you might not even know you are learning. Physics, math, and engineering concepts are brought to life through the hands-on project of designing and building a model bridge. Garrett's Bridges is a resource used by teachers, students, and parents alike for turning model bridge building into a fun and rich experience.

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a wooden structure sitting in front of a blackboard

Building a bridge from balsa wood is such a popular educational activity that there are competitive contests for building model bridges. A balsa wood bridge-building project touches on principles of building and construction trades, engineering, physics and static equilibrium. The main goal of building a balsa wood ...

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