Activity: Build a Human Suspension Bridge
Posted on March 9th, 2009 by ASEE
(Provided courtesy of National Engineers Week Foundation and the National Building Museum, Washington D.C.)
In this activity for grades 4 through 6, students become acquainted with the engineering principles and forces that help support bridges. Then 16 students form a human suspension bridge.
Materials
Two pieces of sturdy, wide rope, each 10-12 feet long
Photographs of various suspension bridges, [...]
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