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Tower of Pasta
Engineering Anatomy
Theme: Engineering, Anatomy, Material Strength, Collaboration
Guiding Question: How do structures distribute weight?
Discrepant Event: How does a spaghetti bridge that weighs less than
a kilogram (2 pounds) hold up 466 kilograms (1027 pounds) of weight? To
put into perspective, this bridge was able to hold up over 1/3 of a Honda
Civics weight.
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Planning/Design: Use the planning time to sketch out your design and share it with your
group. After your group completes the structure, sketch your groups final design (you might
want to take a picture of it for later before you destroy it with weight).
Your Initial Design
(Planning Stage)
spongy bone tissue help distribute weight and stress in any way? If so, how? (Hint: Look at a
cross-section of a femur on the Weebly website.)