8P10 - Bridge Challenge

Using wood sticks and a wood cutter, I created a bridge that will be able to hold 210 pennies because it was a challenge to see how many pennies it will hold.

During this process, I learned that you need 2 layers of bridge otherwise it will snap at less than 250 pennies and 5 pounds of bolts nuts and spacers.

The 7 standards of the class are Empowered Learner, Digital Citizen, Knowledge Constructor, Innovative Designer, Computational Thinker, Creative Communicator, and Global Collaborator. My project ties to Knowledge constructor because I figured out in the end that you need multiple layers of bridge to hold more than 250 pennies and a 5 pound bag of nuts bolts, and spacers.

A challenge I overcame on this project was the fact that you need more than one layer of bridge material to hold more than 250 pennies and a 5 pound bag. I was able to do it by adding a second layer of bridge material.

Given a chance to do this again, I would change the beefiness of the bridge. The reason why I would change it is because it was not able to hold the amount of pennies I would like it to hold.

Hastings High School Career and Technical Education Program offers Agriculture, Business Management, Computer Programming, Construction Trades, Culinary Arts, Digital Multimedia, Engineering Design, Finance, Insurance, Marketing. My project connects to the Construction Trades CTE program at Hastings High School. My project connects to careers in bridge design.