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Year 8 Technology Spaghetti
Bridge Unit
Task
1
 | Research the many different styles and types of Bridges. |
| Record your findings and make note of the websites that you visit. |
Task
2
| Research existing, demolished or fallen bridges, famous and historical
Bridges all around the world. |
| Record the following information:
 | type of Bridge |
| Bridge designer/engineer |
| engineering company that built the Bridge |
| where the Bridge is located; town, country, river |
| what the Bridge is used for |
| the name of the Bridge |
| what the Bridge is predominately made of |
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| Record each website that you found information on. |
Task
3
| Design and construct a bridge made of spaghetti to hold the most weight.
| Step 1 Construct several prototype Bridges using the
materials supplied.
 | Skewers, PVC welding rod, toothpicks, straightened wire, cane,
rubber bands and hot glue guns. |
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| Step 2 Use the Spaghetti Bridge Program on the
school's intranet to design a bridge.
| Take screen dumps of each design (before and after testing) and
paste them in a word document saved in your home drive. |
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| Step 3 Make a prototype of your final design choice
and test it using weights. |
| Step 4 Record your progress - make sure that you
write everything down, such as:
| what went wrong |
| did you change your ideas as you were constructing the prototype |
| what did you do |
| what did you find difficult |
| what was the best part about the design and testing of your bridge |
| how could the bridge be improved |
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| Step 5 Make your final design to the set parameters. |
| Step 6 Your Bridge will be tested on open day in May
2005. |
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Task
4
| Present your design folio and research using powerpoint. |
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