Bridging the Gap in STEM with a Bridge-Building Challenge!
Help me give my students bridge-making materials to complete their hands-on STEM challenge!
$312 goal
This project expired on January 29, 2024.
This project expired on January 29, 2024.
Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month
This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because
it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.
My Project
We see bridges and drive, and walk, over them all the time. However, we typically don’t spend a lot of time thinking about how they are built or how they can hold so much weight. However, there is a lot of planning, engineering and science that goes into bridge building.
I am requesting materials that will challenge my students to build a bridge.
The class packs I'm requesting contain enough materials for each of my students to build and test a wooden bridge. This collaborative, yet competitive activity, will challenge students to design and construct a wooden bridge, calculate its efficiency, then select the best design. (Perhaps we might even engage in destruction testing afterwards!)
More than half of students from low‑income households
Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more
45 students impacted
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