Mrs. Johnson’s 6th grade
Quest class has been studying balances of forces involving engineering.
Students learned about different types of bridge structures and how those
invisible forces work together to hold substantial amounts of weight. Students
were given a task to create a paper bridge by using only books and two sheets
of paper. Each group was able to create
several designs and test them by the weight of many pennies. For the final challenge,
each group chose to display and weight down the bridge design that they felt
was the strongest. Each group did an excellent job and created a bridge that
showed great architectural skills.