Luckymama Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 Have any of your students participated in the contest or played around with the software? Dd has not moved for two hours since downloading the software :lol: Good thing I had planned on today being a no-school day! I thought she (and I) deserved a day off after the state Science Olympiad competition on Saturday. While eating breakfast I mentioned that another team's coach told me about the bridge contest...and she was on the computer :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luckymama Posted March 20, 2013 Author Share Posted March 20, 2013 Anyone?? bridgecontest.usma.edu Under the Resources tab there is a complete book/curriculum on building truss bridges from file folders, including understanding the forces using algebra/geometry/trig. I will be reading through it all this week :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloridaLisa Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 Only 5 days left in the prelim round! Ack! My one that would be ready/interested in this is up to his eyeballs right now trying to get some online class exams finished and then a track meet. Thanks for bringing this up. I'd forgotten about this resource! Lisa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebastian (a lady) Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 I'd planned to have them do this but can't spare the time. Next year one of my planning goals will need to be more selectively choosing our extras. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathie in VA Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 hmm neat! off to check this out before showing ds! He is building a bridge for his Eagle Scout, so he might be real interested EDT: ug ... only 5 days left to enter something... don't know if he has time for it... <emailed him anyway, who knows?> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luckymama Posted March 21, 2013 Author Share Posted March 21, 2013 Dd has designed 20 bridges so far and is moving gradually up the rankings. Right now she's at 300X out of 5600(?). I'd like her to break into the top half before Monday. Next year I'll have her start in January :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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