Calling all P.I.s …PROBLEM INVESTIGATORS!
The Prince wants to get to the castle to wake up Sleeping Beauty. He has encountered a deep river that his horse will not cross. He needs a bridge built quickly and knows that as an engineer, you have the skills to build a prototype for this structure. He is coun(ng on your skills with the five P’s: problem solving, planning, perseverance, patience, and presentation as you engineer an answer!
Here’s the problem: We need you to develop a prototype for the bridge.
Use what you know about structures to build a bridge that can hold weight.
The bridge must have a height of at least 6 inches and be at least 8 inches wide.
You will be awarded points as follows:
1 Point for each penny that the bridge holds
1 Point for every inch over 6 inches height.
Your materials: • 50 3X5 index cards • 12 inches of masking tape • Scissors • Pennies • Ruler
This bridge ended up holding 7 pennies.
It was 6 inches tall and 8 inches wide.
24 Points
The bridge above held 18 pennies.
It was 8 1/2 inches tall and over 12 inches wide.
A New Day - A Second Chance
32 POINTS
16" wide
12" tall
Held 18 pennies
152 POINTS
14" long
10" tall
142 pennies
150 POINTS
9" tall
13"wide
142 pennies
97 POINTS
9.5" tall
8.5"wide
93 pennies
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