Description

Build a Bridge, Build an Engineer

Turn simple tongue depressors and paper straws into an exciting engineering challenge!

Give children the opportunity to think, design, build and discover with a hands-on bridge-building project. Using ordinary tongue depressors and paper straws young engineers can explore how strong structures are created and how different designs perform under load.

This practical STEM activity encourages creativity, problem-solving, planning and persistence while introducing children to real engineering concepts in a fun and accessible way.

Perfect for schools, classrooms, STEM programs and home learning, the bridge project allows students to work individually or in teams, test their designs and learn from what happens when their bridge is put to the challenge.

Design it. Build it. Test it. Improve it.

Who knows? The next great engineer might just start with a handful of tongue depressors.