Monday, February 22, 2010

Testing Bridges

Today during Technology we were given a challenge to construct a bridge using only one piece of A4 paper...that's it! The bridge needed to support the heaviest weight possible. In groups we trialed several different designs. There was a clear winner (supporting a total of 72 cubes!)

Why was this design better than the rest?

Can you identify any feature that contributes to its success?

Check out the video for a selection of designs we trialled.



19 comments:

Anonymous said...

great job ben,elsbeth and rupert
on winning the bridge comp 72 cubes AWSOME!!!

from lucy

Anonymous said...

well done ben, elspeth and rupert.
72cubes!!!!!


kieran cotter

Anonymous said...

great vidio MrD,making the bridges was really fun great job everyone!

from lucy

Anonymous said...

hi cooooooooooool
BRIDGE TESTING

Anonymous said...

making briges was really fun my brige was the second one.
From,Rose.

Anonymous said...

i think it was really fun

Anonymous said...

well done elspeth ben and rupert your bridge was really good

Rupert said...

cool I liked doing the bridges well done everyone!!!!!!!

Mr D said...

awesome guys that was really cool

Mr D said...

i think it was very fun and i learnt the a zig zag bridge is quite strong.

celine malama said...

I love learning about bridges.They give me a challenge learning them.

from celine

Rupster said...

i llliiikkkeee the blog bros

Rupert said...

i liked doing the comment strangely i find it fun

elspeth said...

we won with actully 77 cubes beat that!!!!!!!!!

Cahon said...

sweet as blog Mr.D!

elspeth said...

our blog is the bomb awsome job Mr. D

elspeth said...

doing the bridges were really fun I wish we could do it in real life!
=) =) =)
elspeth

Cahon said...

nice job at smashing everyone else in the bidge comp(=

Anonymous said...

76 CUBES!!!!!!!!!!

Freijah.
:)