{"id":381,"date":"2012-02-01T14:14:45","date_gmt":"2012-02-01T13:14:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/as\/GordonprimaryBlog\/?p=381"},"modified":"2012-11-22T18:15:23","modified_gmt":"2012-11-22T17:15:23","slug":"bridge-building","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/as\/GordonprimaryBlog\/2012\/02\/01\/bridge-building\/","title":{"rendered":"Bridge Building"},"content":{"rendered":"

P5B have been making bridges with Miss Crawford\u00a0as part of the project \u00a0Victorians.\u00a0We have learned\u00a0about the Tay Bridge disaster\u00a0that took place in\u00a0the victorian time\u00a0over the River Tay.\u00a0 The more the trains went over the bridge the more bolts loosened and on the 28th Dec 1879 the bridge collapsed and 75 passengers and the crew died. This happened because it wasn’t tested properly.<\/p>\n

Heres a web link to find out more:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tay_Bridge_disaster<\/a><\/p>\n

After looking at various bridge design of the Victorian period, P5B were given the challenge to build a bridge. The design brief required each group to produce a bridge which would allow access between two tables with a distance of at least 50cm. They would be tested to see how much weight their bridge could hold.\u00a0 The class were allowed to use only K\u2019Nex in the building process.<\/p>\n

The groups made lots of\u00a0 different models of bridges and some could hold a lot of books.<\/p>\n

Chris’s tables bridge\u00a0held 16KG!!!<\/p>\n

Becky’s table held 15 maths jotters!!!<\/p>\n

Nick’s table held 12 maths jotters!!!<\/p>\n

Ross’s table held 5 maths jotters!!!<\/p>\n

Felicity’s table held 3 maths jotters<\/p>\n

Cameron’s table held 17 maths jotters<\/p>\n

Heres a web link to see a full account of the bridge building:<\/p>\n

https:\/\/portal.glowscotland.org.uk\/establishments\/asgordonprimaryschool\/P5b%202011-2012\/Documents\/Bridge%20Building%20by%20P5b.doc<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t