Thursday, 11 May 2017

S.T.E.M. Bridges

For the last 2 weeks our task was to design a bridge that would hold 340g of weight for 20 seconds. The materials allowed were - 30 straws per group and a teacher’s (Mrs Jack’s) handful of playdough. Scissors, a metre of string, 4 paper clips and masking tape.

We had to remember what a bridge was and work together collaboratively to complete the task. First we designed 3 different types of bridges. We picked one to create and test.

We were very successful. Nearly all of the designs worked and held the weight for the amount of time.

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13 comments:

  1. Kirsten Harris-Tatana12 May 2017 at 09:18

    Looking at the photo's I can see great collaboration and problem solving skills. What were some of the challenges you faced while completing your bridges?

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  2. Anonymous31 May 2017 at 11:58

    hey there its Chloe from yaldhurst model school i thought this was really cool

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  3. Anonymous31 May 2017 at 11:59

    was it hard to make ???

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  4. Anonymous31 May 2017 at 12:00

    Kia Ora,

    This looks like such a great post and you are using such great teamwork. I really enjoyed reading this post. How long did this take you?

    Isaac YMS.

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  5. Anonymous31 May 2017 at 12:11

    Hi Lyndsey, My name is Abby from Yaldhurst Model School.
    What was your favourite kind of Bridge and what were the end results?
    Was it exiting to make the bridges?
    How long did your bridge last?
    Other then those questions I like the pictures and making a bridge sounds cool or at least a smaller version of a bridge.

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  6. Anonymous31 May 2017 at 13:42

    Hi my name is Mia from yaldhurst school and I really like your post about your bridges. I think next time you should write what a S.T.E.M means. I think you had lot's of fun making them in teams.

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  7. Anonymous7 June 2017 at 13:22

    hi my name is Chloe i'm from yaldhurst model school i really think this is good for the younger kids :-)

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  8. Anonymous7 June 2017 at 13:25

    hi my name is Chloe i'm from yaldhurst model school i really think this is good for the younger kids :-)

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  9. Anonymous7 June 2017 at 13:33

    Hi my name is Maddison from YMS do you like doing digital work how long did it take you to do this.

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  10. Anonymous29 June 2017 at 10:27

    Hey guys,
    What was your favourite kind of Bridge and what were the end results?
    How long did your bridges last?
    like all of the photo that you put on.
    I would like to see your next blog post

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  11. Anonymous29 June 2017 at 12:26

    Hi.
    I am Elias from Yaldhurst Model School.
    This is a great activity!
    What bridges were easy to make and what bridges were hard to make?

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  12. Anonymous10 August 2017 at 14:25

    Hi I am Gracie from yaldhurst model I really like your post Keep it up! I think you can add more words but a part from that its a great post.

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  13. Anonymous23 August 2017 at 11:55

    Hello I am Maddison from Yaldhurst Model School
    I really liked how all the photos and that the photos show you doing it.

    Maybe next time write a bit about the photos and maybe circle your self in the photos

    Ka Pi from Maddison

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