Friday 16th We made bridge

This task entiirley came down to teamwork and trial and error. Today we had to create a bridge that was tall enough to get a boat(a folded table) underneath without touching the structure. Also to get a remote control car over the bridge without it falling of or being obstructed in anyway.

Before we got down to it we were asked to make our own bridges out of paper from 3 pieces of A3 paper. After we done that we were able to see others peoples paper engineering skills and how creative their bridges looked. I should've listened properly to do this task properly because i ended up making 3 of the same looking bridges but when i found out that we were supposed to do i made another bridge that looked different in the middle.

When we were put into our groups we had to make a plan, so to start off with we all took a look each others paper prototypes and too ideas from one another.

So to start off with we were shown what we were working with, bamboo sticks, brown tape and elastic bands. At this point we knew that things wouldn't go to plan so we started making the support that will hold up the structure and work our way from there. We went for a pyramid structure because a pyramid has a wide base, which is good because it covers a large surface area making it sturdy and steady.

By the end of it all it was not what we had expected to look like. And i think that is one thing I learnt today which was the original idea may not be your final outcome so you have to work your way around these obstacles and work with what you have to still produce something. And this was our final outcome.