What is it about?
A bridge is a structure built over a river, etc. to connect one shore to another. The simplest bridge is a beam bridge. Other bridge types include truss, arch, and suspension. A truss bridge uses a series of triangles (trusses) for support. This activity provides an opportunity to design, make, and test your own bridges.
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Why is it important?
What type of bridge will you design and build to hold as many washers as possible? Students solve the problem and could enhance their creativity. It is a hands-on activity for STEM education.
Perspectives
Teachers could refer also to this chapter of our Springer Education Book. They could utilize the activity for STEM education etc. I believe this could enhance students engineering design capability.
Professor Hideyuki Kanematsu
National Institute of Technology, Suzuka College
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This page is a summary of: Building Bridges, July 2015, Springer Science + Business Media,
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-19234-5_16.
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