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Pupils’ love being creative with this hands-on project. Students are tasked with creating a bridge structure out of dry spaghetti with tape and rubber bands.

Students are introduced to the engineering (STEM) principles of compression and tensionby looking at different bridges structures. Students familiarise themselves with the keywords; structure, compression and tension before applying their understanding in a digital game (optional), then a practical task where they create bridges out of spaghetti in line with a success criterion. The final task is for students to evaluate and score each other’s bridges against the criteria. The project has strong cross-curricular links, particularly with Science, Maths and Engineering.

♦ Starter Activity.
♦ Class discussion/individual tasks.

♦ Online bridge building game.
♦ Practical (bridge building).

♦ Peer evaluation and scoring against criterion.

Project is planned over a series of lessons (90/120 minutes).

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