Project Blog - Spaghetti Bridge


Summary: Over the course of our bridges project, we had to create a sketch of the bridge we chose to remake out of noodles. We had to make a BoM (Bill of Materials) and make a presentation like the one above. I made the Bill of Materials and helped on the presentation as well as create the Truss Bridge sketch. On top of that, we had to create a Science & Engineering paragraph on one of four topics- torsion, tension, compression, and shear forces. As mentioned before in a previous blog post, I chose torsion.

 Backward-Looking: How much did you know about the subject before we started? I knew a little about the subject, especially since my father told me about torsion and helped me understand the equation (which I put into the document). But other that, I knew almost nothing.

 Inward-Looking: What does this piece tell you about yourself and how you learn? This piece tells me that I absorb more through visual learning (such as taking notes and making S&E paragraphs). This piece also tells me that I don't need to do "hands-on" projects in order to learn something.

 Outward-Looking: What grade would you give it and why? The grade that I would give this project is an A- because I worked very hard on whatever I could manage (I missed more than half of a week due to illness) and helped my team when our bridge broke. I would give this project an A- because our bridge did break without the weight of anything else. Another reason why I would give this project an A- is because it didn't meet the length requirements (it had to be at least a meter - ours was too short).

 Forward-Looking: What would you change if you had a chance to do this piece over again? I would add more lasagna to the bottom of our bridge to make it more stable so it wouldn't snap in half when someone else tried to weigh it (not naming any names). I would also add more lasagna length-wise so it would be long enough to be supported on the two tables that served as the river beds.

 Image link: The River Crossing Presentation

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