What are the requirements for building the toothpick bridge?
TOOTHPICK BRIDGES OBJECTIVE TO DESIGN AND BUILD A BRIDGE WHICH CAN BE TESTED FOR STRUCTURAL STRENGTH AND THEN ANALYZED FOR THE FORCES INVOLVED MATERIALS ROUND OR FLAT WOODEN TOOTHPICKS ELMER’S WHITE GLUE INSTRUCTIONS EACH STUDENT WILL RESEARCH BRIDGE DESIGNS FROM LITERATURE OR ACTUAL STRUCTURES NOTING BRACING POINTS AND REINFORCEMENTS AND HOW EACH DESIGN TAKES INTO ACCOUNT GRAVITATIONAL AND LOAD FORCES AND THE MATERIALS USED. EACH STUDENT WILL THEN DESIGN AND BUILD A BRIDGE USING WOODEN TOOTHPICKS AND ELMER’S WHITE GLUE SPECIFICATIONS THE TOTAL WEIGHT OF THE FINISHED BRIDGE CANNOT EXCEED 40 gm ANY DESIGN CAN BE USED AS LONG AS THE ROADBED IS FLAT AND UNOBSTRUCTED TO ALLOW A MATCHBOX CAR TO TRAVEL ITS LENGTH. THE BRIDGE MUST BE FREE STANDING AND ALLOW FOR A 2 cm X 30 cm BOARD TO PASS UNDER THE BRIDGE WHILE IT RESTS ON A FLAT SURFACE. ONLY THE MATERIALS LISTED MAY BE USED TO BUILD THE BRIDGE. EXCESSIVE AMOUNTS OF GLUE MAY NOT BE USED AS PART OF THE STRUCTURE, i.e. THE BRIDGE MAY NOT BE C
