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Stem-a-Web

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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Stem-a-Web

Engineer a spider
Photo by Geraint Rowland Photography
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Challenge:
Design a web that can support a weight

Photo by cloudzilla
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The web must meet the following criteria

  • Must have 3 circular weavings in the web
  • Must be able to support a stapler dropped from 1 meter
  • Must not come undone in any area after the stapler is dropped
Photo by nils.rohwer
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Dropping the stapler from a 1 meter height will represent food landing in the web

Photo by Neal.
5.

Materials

  • One metal clothes hanger bent into an oval shape
  • 15 feet of string
  • 6 inches of tape
Photo by Gerg1967
6.

Research
Design (Draw)
Plan

Photo by Ian Sane
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You must have a working design

Before you begin engineering,, you must explain it to me
Photo by zenera
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timeline for work

today, tomorrow, the next day...
Photo by johnb/Derbys/UK.
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Thursday

The stapler drops!
Photo by RickyNJ

Tammy Hershey