Information about Bridges
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Hints:
Draw your design on graph paper (full size)
Construct the structure on wax paper taped over the graph paper
Balsa wood may be cut to fit exactly
Do not use excessive amounts of glue
It takes a long time for glue to dry! You may want to work some at home!
Draw your design on graph paper (full size)
Construct the structure on wax paper taped over the graph paper
Balsa wood may be cut to fit exactly
Do not use excessive amounts of glue
It takes a long time for glue to dry! You may want to work some at home!
Some facts about bridge construction:
- Pieces twice as long will deflect 8 times as much!
- If the base width is twice as large, it will deflect half as much!
- If the height of a piece is twice as large, it will deflect 8 times less!
Winner Chart:
Old Rules: Made of Toothpicks and tested with weights added to top
2014-2015:
Shaina Jansen, Harmony Roome, Rachael Warren, Madison Nightingale: 24,340 g
2015-2016: (All Time CHAMPIONS of Toothpick Bridge!)
Faith Green, Makenna Hill, and Allison Zhang - 115 pounds or 52,164 grams
2016-2017:
Jessica Badley, Hannah Delor, Hayley Delor, Madison Vickers - 85 lbs or 38,555 g
New Rules: Made of Balsa Wood and tested with weights from the bucket!
2017-2018:
Hunter Delor and Josh Schweihofer - 205 pounds and ratio of 1115
2018-2019
Eric Beeler, Bryson DenUyl, Tyler Montgomery, & Devin Redfield - 130 pounds and ratio of 1557
Ian Beaufait, Evan Lee, & Nathan McBride - 170 pounds and ratio of 1149
*bucket breaking caused bridge to break, so actual values are larger!
2021-2022:
Mara Schweihofer, Riley DenUyl, Karleigh Uren - 65.18 pounds and ratio of 384.8
2022-2023:
"The Slab": Brennan Francek, Chris Larson, Aiden Osmer, Avery Woodard - 70 pounds and a ratio of 644.6