Bridge Building

We attempted an engineering question today: Can you build a bridge out of six pieces of spaghetti, two plastic cups, two pieces of paper, and 15 inches of tape which can hold a maximum amount of weight in quarters?
Evan's was able to hold 6 quarters. He had no braces under his bridge made of paper folded and taped into a "T" shape. He learned that distributing the bulk of the weight in the center of the bridge with no braces is probably not a good idea.








Nicholas' bridge held 15 quarters. He had success by creating braces under the center of his bridge with spaghetti noodles. He then turned his into a working city bridge, with police boats (quarters) underneath, pedestrians (pennies on the sides of the bridge), and cars (more quarters) driving through the center of the bridge. The investigators (dimes) stood off to the side.