MAYS LANDING — Students in a computer-aided drafting and design class tested triangle truss bridges that they designed and constructed using Popsicle sticks. One of the goals of the project was to ...

PORT ANGELES — Derek Johnson with the help of local engineers is trying to build a bridge spanning physics, practicality and fun. Three Port Angeles High School students, who are not yet selected, ...

What effect, if any, will bridge design have on weight-bearing capacity? I am an eighth-grade student at Central Middle School. For an assignment, I designed and conducted a controlled experiment to ...

BAXTER — Lots of glue and triangle shapes are the key to building bridges. At least popsicle stick bridges, according to middle schoolers. Fifth and sixth graders who took part in an after-school ...

ROSEVILLE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Building bridges is a staple STEM activity and a fun competitive event, but what do students actually learn? The real lessons of STEM are in the ...

Gavin Mart got a bit of a surprise when it was time for his Popsicle-stick bridge to be tested. The bridge nearly didn't qualify. One rule was that it had to fit through an approximately 3-inch-wide ...