Bridge-Building with BC Society of Engineering and Geoscience at Brooks Secondary
Yesterday was the annual bridge-building competition for Grade 8 students at Brooks Secondary! With a challenge to build the strongest bridge longer than 50 cm using just 100 craft sticks and glue, students put their creativity, problem-solving, and engineering skills to the test.
With support from a team of volunteers from the BC Society of Engineering and Geoscientists, students designed and constructed their bridges before putting them to the ultimate test using a custom-built machine to measure how much weight each structure could hold before breaking.
Thank you to the teachers who organized such an engaging hands-on learning experience and the volunteers who shared their time and engineering expertise.
Congratulations to all the students who took on the challenge, and a special shoutout to Aiden and Tristen, who took the top spot among the seven classes by building a bridge that held an incredible 45.84 kg!
Top three finishers:
1st Aiden and Tristen
2nd Tobin and Amaya
3rd Dakota and Ella