Elementary students learn engineering concepts with sticks and glue at UOIT

More than 150 elementary school students in grades 4 to 8 from across Durham Region put their bridge creations to the test at the 10^th-annual Popsicle Stick Bridge Building Competition. The event was hosted by the University of Ontario Institute of Technology’s (UOIT) Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science.

The 65 teams each had to build a bridge out of popsicle sticks and white glue that spanned 500 millimetres. The bridges were judged on the maximum weight they could support, as well as the performance rating (the maximum load the bridge can carry, divided by the bridge’s weight).

Congratulations to Jessica Galante and Ashley Adams (team Clash Masters) of Lester B. Pearson Public School in Ajax, Ontario, who took first place in the junior category; and Max Briggs, Cameron Downey and Iain Dunfield (team We Won, You Didn't) from Julie Payette Public School in Whitby, Ontario, who built the strongest bridge in the senior category.