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Oct. 4, 2008

THINK ~ Bridge Challenge

Posted in Science and other Hands On activities

A couple of weeks ago I ran across a great blog that was all about getting kids to think outside the box by giving a limited list of supplies to use and a task that needed to be completed. Fun!! I love challenges like that and I knew the kids would to. The difficult part was keeping my mouth shut while they did it so I didn't interfere with their own ideas *grin*.

This week's project was bridges and all you were allowed to use was some spaghetti, a couple of spoons, cups, paper, a chunk of tape and then build a bridge that spanned 9 inches and then test its strength by piling pennies and quarters on top of it. Simple right?

Actually it seemed to be a piece of cake for K :)

After taping his spoons together and fortifying it with the spaghetti and the wider width of paper for stability he was set to start adding his pennies and quarters.

Here it is just before it tipped!! It held a whopping 216 pennies and 50 quarters which weighed 1 pound 12 ounces. It never actually broke but leaned a little to far over so he's going to try it again and see if he can beat his record :)

Blessings,

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Oct. 4, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by kateyz

Wow! That's amazing!

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Oct. 4, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Alexis @ Homeschool-Software.com

That's a great idea! I love the think outside the box thing too. And I cant believe how creative they were and how many pennies it actually held. How did you decide what items to use for the challenge?

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Oct. 5, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Jacqueline

What a neat activity!

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Oct. 6, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by CrossView

WOW! Now that's a cool activity! =D

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Feb. 16, 2009 - lol

Posted by sub zeron

i dont think homeschooling is good but anyway that was cool ! lol

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Feb. 16, 2009 - lol

Posted by lolboy

wow that was good but a waste of food and i dont like homeschooling but nice idea anyway

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Feb. 16, 2009 - sub zero

Posted by sub zero

i say... creative! nice job yo! u know ur stuff! XD to the max

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