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Design and build the strongest bridge you can that spans at least 1.5ft with materials around your house (craft supplies, building toys, newspapers). Get creative with materials! Look at photos and diagrams of real life bridges. What different bridge designs exist? Do you see any similarities between different bridge designs?
Key Terms
beam: (noun) long thick piece of material used in construction
construction: (noun) the act of building something
column: (noun) tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright
mechanics: (noun) branch of physics concerned with the motion of bodies
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