MercuryNews.com 06/11/2009 01:34:35 PM PDT
"Otis! Otis! Otis!"
The repeating chant rings out from Lincoln Park where Otis and Edison elementary school fifth graders compete in a toothpick bridge building contest. The students gathered at the park with their tiny, wooden structures to test which construction team of five — an architect, accountant, a project director, transportation chief and carpenter — created the strongest bridge. This round goes to Otis Elementary.
"We are engaged in the 'destruction load testing' phase of our toothpick bridge building contest to see how much weight each structure can bear before it fails," said Glenn Aitkens, seven-year teacher at Edison Elementary School. "This is primarily a hands-on math and science enrichment project, but there are elements of art, design and engineering involved as well. Read more...
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