Engineers are faced with a lot of challenges. Often the strongest building materials are the most expensive. Engineers usually have to keep within a certain budget and so they often have to choose weaker and cheaper materials and find ways to make them stronger.

In our challenge today we had to find ways to make a paper bridge stronger. In the first part of the challenge we were given a single piece of construction paper and had to make a bridge across our desks that could carry a load. We couldn’t use any other supplies.
In the second part of the challenge we were given four sheets on newspaper and some masking tape.

We sure learned a lot!