Spaghetti Bridges

Students in Social Studies 8 have just finished studying the Roman Empire. In learning about some of the great architectural feats of the Romans they had the opportunity to re-enact the building of Caesar’s Rhine Bridge…using spaghetti! The class worked in teams and each team was limited to one box of spaghetti, glue and 1 metre of string. The bridge specifications called for each bridge to be 20 cm long, 10 cm wide and tall enough for a can of Coke to roll underneath. Each bridge was put to a weight test with devastating results! Similar to Caesar’s treatment of the Rhine bridge nothing was left standing!

– Galen Loiselle