While prototyping, the students will use a span and a car in the classroom to test and improve their designs. materials * Span for bridge to go over (could be tables or blocks, one foot apart) * Hotwheels car * Handouts (cut-out/fill-in activity, STEM design portfolio packet) * Building materials (e.g., construction/tissue/printer paper, cardboard, pipe cleaners, straws, toothpicks, Styrofoam, tinfoil, etc.) suggestions for adapting to older grades * Require bridges to meet more constraints or carry higher weights. * Require annotated drawing indicating where compression or tension may be put onto a bridge. history "London Bridge is Falling Down" is said to date back to the middle ages, or perhaps beyond. Source: www.historicmysteries.com/london-bridge-is-falling-down/ London Bridge lesson plan Level: Kindergarten Duration: 1.5 hours lesson objectives K.CCSSI_ELA.RR.1 With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text. There will be teacher sign offs so that students work through the design process....

STEM Children's Rhymes: STEM London Bridge