Building Bridges

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License: Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike Building Bridges Treacherous Two
Views: 1327
08 Feb, 2009

Duration: 02:30
Team: Treacherous Two
Region: London

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Categories:
Demonstration , Engineering , Experiment , Explanation , Physics , Primary

Investigating bridge structures using cardboard and test weights.

Director's Notes:

Team the Treacherous Two wrote:

This film shows that different shapes, when used to a create a bridge span, are able to carry different loads. From The Little Giant Book of Science Experiments, H.J. Press (Amazon UK link).

SciCast Notes:

This is brilliant! OK, so you can argue about the experiment, and whether the test is entirely fair (is it just the shape that’s being tested, or does the sticky tape have something to do with it too?). However, that concern is addressed directly in the film.

So, this really is a film about an experiment, rather than just a demonstration. That’s wonderful.

Great work, all. I love it.

— Jonathan.