Don't Fall

In unit 1, Load, of my final STEAM class, Urban Planning, we learned about the laws of sines and cosines, congruent and similar triangles, and the components that go into the layout of our city. When learning about Chicago's design we focused on bridges due to their importance to society. The four basic bridges that were discussed had been beam, arch, suspension and truss which then led us to our first action project. We were required to build a truss bridge that spans a minimum of 1 foot, holds a minimum of 10 pounds, and made of no more than 50 popsicle sticks. Due to my being out of town and previous experience I was exempt from the popsicle limit and bridge type. My bridge was mainly based off of the design of arch bridges with a little bit of suspension. It had been a real challenge forming the arches and then connecting them to the base of the bridge, but with the help of a friend and super glue I was able to get it to work. I am proud of how my bridge came out. Please enjoy my bridge below.