Phineas T. Barnum marched his elephants across the Brooklyn Bridge to prove the bridge was safe. Since the bridge held for 21 elephants, now everyone wants to take the bridge. The city needs to build another bridge to hold all the people who want to cross the river. The river is wider where the new bridge will go, so it needs to be longer than the first bridge. The students' challenge is to design and build a bridge according to directions and then make the bridge longer to cross the wide river.
- STEM career connections: Civil Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Architecture, Construction
- STEM disciplines: Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
- Non-STEM disciplines: English Language Arts
Submissions from 2017
Lesson 10: Lesson Plan, Margie Pinnell, Shannon Driskell, and Mary-Kate Sableski
Lesson 10: Name the Bridge, Margie Pinnell, Shannon Driskell, and Mary-Kate Sableski
Lesson 10: Parent Letters, Margie Pinnell, Shannon Driskell, and Mary-Kate Sableski
Lesson 10: Presentation, Margie Pinnell, Shannon Driskell, and Mary-Kate Sableski
Lesson 10: Student Handout, Margie Pinnell, Shannon Driskell, and Mary-Kate Sableski
Lesson 10: Word List, Margie Pinnell, Shannon Driskell, and Mary-Kate Sableski
STEM Challenge Handout: Engineering Design Process, Margie Pinnell, Shannon Driskell, and Mary-Kate Sableski
STEM Facilitator Resources, Margie Pinnell, Shannon Driskell, and Mary-Kate Sableski
STEM: Make a Connection, Margie Pinnell, Shannon Driskell, and Mary-Kate Sableski
STEM Vocabulary Worksheet, Margie Pinnell, Shannon Driskell, and Mary-Kate Sableski
