Creative Engineering Design: Straw Bridge Design Challenge

Each team needs:

• 20 plastic drinking straws (not the bendy type)
• Scotch or masking tape
• scissors
• measuring stick or ruler
• 1 sheet of paper
• pencil or marker
• Straw Bridges Worksheet (PDF), one per student

For the entire class to share:

• laptop and projector, for showing the Straw Bridges Presentation (PPTX)
• pennies, weights, or various hardcover and softcover books to use as weights
• small paper cup (or similar, to hold the pennies/weights during testing)
• 2 desks or tables of equal height from the floor, to serve as the testing station
• scale, one that can weigh a minimum of 3 lbs. (~1.4 kg)