✏️Popsicle Stick Bridge✏️

Richard Abad
Tyler Chang
Daniel Lopez

Problem

We have to create a bridge out of 200 popsicle sticks and that can hold as much weight as possible.

THE TYPES OF STRESS

• Compressive Stress: stress caused by pushing together
• Tensil Stress: stress caused by pulling apart
• Shear Stress: a stress caused by friction or rubbing on another object
• Strain: Deformation of bridge

Problems that Engineers Have When Building Bridges

Engineers deal with stress. Stress is when pressure from weight causes friction to its cause of weight with what the bridge is held in place. Some engineers use triangles to level the stress from the bridge which decreasesd the chance that it collapses.

MATERIALS USED

• 186 popsicle sticks (regular)
• About 1/2 an "Elmers" Glue Bottle

The Bridge we Designed

We designed a "truss bridge" which is making triangles on the sides that takes most of the stress that is built in and also have triangles on the top. We used popsicle sticks to make the triangles and glued them to a rectangular prams on all sides.

OUR BRIDGE

• We didn't finished the bridge
• It held no weight at all
• We were not able to finish in time
• Some of us did our best to try to finish the bridge in time
• At the end, ours failed the test

ADVISE WE WOULD GIVE TO 6TH GRADER

• Follow the instruction
• Pay attention to not make any mistakes
• Use your time wisely and make it perfect
• Give the bridge the best you can do

WHAT WE WOULD DO WITH 200+ POPSISCLE STICKS

• Make sides to the bridge for more resistance
• Make them thicker but weight less
• Make a second copy and glue it to the bottom of it
• Have it extend for more durability

THE END