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Engineering with Spaghetti: Bridge Edition
Grades: 6 - 10
Dates: March 7 & March 8
Meeting Times: Thursday and Friday, 1 PM - 4 PM
Location: FOCUS Homeschool, 234 Front Street, Fairbanks
Cost: $100
Description: Build and test a spaghetti bridge! What makes a bridge strong enough to hold cars and trucks? Learn how tension and compression in a truss bridge hold up weight through experimentation. Apply what you have learned to construct a strong bridge with only spaghetti and hot glue! Let’s see who can build the strongest bridge!
You can email with any questions about the course at summer@alaska.edu.
Instructor: Geneva Mottet
A bit about me: I grew up in Southeast Alaska and the San Juan Islands in Washington state, where I gained a love for the natural world through hiking and fishing. I finished my MS in Physics in 2019 at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. I currently live on a homestead near Fairbanks and enjoy sharing my interest in science and the natural world through teaching, public outreach, and a YouTube channel.