Pupils work hard building bridges
The Year 7 girls at Farlington School proudly displayed the results of their bridge-building challenge. This project fitted into their topic on forces.
The teachers gave the girls some different bridge types to think about and discussed different functions, such as crossing a deep valley or a wide, shallow river, carrying heavy traffic or pedestrians. The girls were asked to research at least two different types of bridge before designing and constructing their own. Their bridge had to cross a 30cm span and could be entered into one of three categories: creative design, construction design or strength.
The girls were very enthusiastic and worked hard on both the research element and the actual construction, The final designs were very varied with examples of truss, rope, suspension and arch bridges made out of wood, granite, bamboo and papier-mâché.