Bridge Building Competition
I did a “LEGO” bridge building activity with students. The
initial activity was for the students to conduct an inventory of the
bridges in our city. One year we were able to have a civil engineer
talk to the children and show pictures of bridge construction. I
would divide the class up into groups depending on how many sets of
Legos I had acquired. (The students wrote letters to businesses
asking for their support in getting the Lego sets for our bridge
building competition). Each team first had to do research on bridge
construction and then come up with a design. Then I would have teams
of students working in an assembly line either constructing a bridge
or a building. Each team member had a specific responsibility in this
process.
The children enjoyed competing against the other students in the
class.
How
to Build a LEGO bridge
