While fixing his bridge during his second hour Engineering Applications class on Nov. 12, Kyler Breinholt, 11, adds glue to the structure to make it sturdier. He explained that he didn’t think it would hold with what he had done already (Photo by E. Dowd).

On Nov. 12, Joseph Dickie, 10, is testing his bridge with sand in two hanging buckets attached to the bridge, that hangs between two desks. Dickie is testing the bridge’s strength to see how much weight it can hold (Photo by E. Dowd).

During 2nd hour engineering, Joseph Dickie, 10, begins to test his bridge by adding weight to the hanging bucket attached to his bridge. They had been building bridges out of small wooden rods and glue (Photo by E. Dowd).

In 2nd hour engineering, Case Hankamer, 9 and Blaize Murad, 11, finishes assembling their bridges. They talked about their predictions of the outcome of the test (Photo by E. Dowd).

During the testing of a bridge, Ethan Elliot and Joseph Dickie, 10, look over a broken bridge. The bottom was pulled open by the weight added by buckets full of sand hanging from the bottom of their bridge (Photo by E. Dowd).

After test one, Joseph Dickie, 10 and Oliver Knittle, 10, discuss what they could do to improve their bridge. Dickie had already tested one of their bridges which didn’t last long against the weight (Photo by E. Dowd).

On Nov. 12, Warren Rogers, 9, adds weights to the top of his designed bridge during his second hour Engineering applications class. This is to help the glue set in place and see the amount of weight the bridge can support (Photo by E. Dowd).

In Matthew Lundy, engineering teacher’s, engineering class, Zakary Hutton, 10, looks over his bridge that he has been building. Later that hour, he tested his bridge against weight to see how long it will hold without breaking (Photo by E. Dowd).

During Matthew Lundy’s engineering class, Benjamin Schill, 10, and Brandon Terry, 9, fill a bucket full of dirt to hang from their bridge. Adding weight shows how strong their bridge design was (Photo by E. Dowd).

While testing his bridge during second hour Engineering Applications on Nov. 12 Benjamin Schill, 10, adjusts the weight hanging from his bridge. Being careful with with the amount of weight added that way the bridge doesn’t break, then he would have to start all over (Photo E. Dowd).