Balsa Wood Bridge

Tate Jack jd
 Balsa Wood Bridge Design and Test
Washington Latin Public Charter School 5200 2nd St NW

Domains: Design Process:

We used Domains 2(Designing and executing 1. Create a model Data:
investigations) by creating a realistic design and 2. Cut pieces of wood Our Bridge weighed 13.44 grams and was able to
executing that model. We also used domain 3. Glue pieces of wood together hold 12 pounds including the bucket itself. This
4(Developing and using models) by using all of 4. Add finishing pieces of wood came out to a strength to weight ratio of 0.89 which
our cuts to create a life size model. After day 2:We had is a grade of 85%.
After day 1: We had built our initial
Research Objective: glued one side.
Our objective was to create a bridge using small frame
wood pieces and glue only. That would hold as
much weight as it could.
Materials:
● ⅛ of an inch square pieces of balsa
wood.
● Glue After day 3: We had finished our final bridge
● Exacto Knife
with all adjustments made. Acknowledgements:
Design Model:
We were inspired by the image below, We
modified the bridge design for optimal strength to
weight ratio.