Build a bridge

Looking for an amazing STEM activity that's exciting for the whole class? These STEM straw bridges will spark creativity in your little engineers!

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Make bridge building simple and hands-on with these 10 Bridge Building STEM Challenges. From acorns to elastics there's an activity for you!

STEM Challenge – Build a Bridge

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Bridge building STEM challenge for kids: design a bridge that can hold a can of food.

Design a Lego bridge using only Lego bricks, a sheet of paper, and some weights to test the strength of the bridge in this hands-on STEM activity. Modifications are included to make it easier or more difficult.

Looking for fun magnetic tile build ideas and activities for your kids? Here we’ll show you how to build a bridge with MAGNA-TILES pieces. This is a great build for kids who are starting out with MAGNA-TILES. Whether you're a parent, teacher, or caregiver, you'll find inspiration for hours of fun and learning with MAGNA-TILES.

Build a bridge over water! Here’s a fun and easy idea for a bridge making STEM challenge that you can implement with kids. All you need is duplo legos and some paper. AGES 3+ Posted by LEARN as you PLAY- Early Childhood Activites on Sunday, 29 April 2018 Check out more of our STEM Challenges here!

Beautiful to look at, light and strong, suspension bridges are longer than any other type of bridge. Make a bridge that spans rivers, canyons, valleys, or railroad beds.

Follow these simple instructions and your tiny daredevils will be playing London Bridges all day long.

1.6K views · 20K reactions | POPSICLE BRIDGE 🌁🎉✨ This activity took 2 minutes to set up and kept my kiddos busy for wayyyyy longer than I expected. 🙌🎉 I just found a place to put 2 strips of painters tape sticky side up (like a bridge) and then gave my kids some Popsicle sticks! I told them to try and build a bridge strong enough to drive their toy cars on it! I was amazed by how well they worked together and figured it out! They liked this activity so much they asked to do it 3…

A bridge is a structure built to span a gap or obstacle without closing the opening underneath. For example, a bridge may provide passage over a river, a valley or a road. The design of a bridge…

Building model bridges is fun. So fun that sometimes you might not even know you are learning. Physics, math, and engineering concepts are brought to life through the hands-on project of designing and building a model bridge. Garrett's Bridges is a resource used by teachers, students, and parents alike for turning model bridge building into a fun and rich experience.

The curves are simple, the look is divine, and you can build it!

STEM - Students design and build a model of a bridge. The resource includes 4 types of bridges and teams decide which model to build. The best part is the detailed teacher’s guide and the easy prep. Just two materials make this a great Easy Bridge STEM Project!

In this STEM Activity students build paper bridges using two sheets of paper and weights. Multiple designs are encouraged, and the engineer design process is followed. Linked at the end of this video is a student video suitable as a video lesson plan for remote learning or distance learning.