Objectives:

Task: You and your team will need to design a bridge that is able to $1)$ span the tables $($between table $1$ and $2)$ and is not attached to the table or have weights $($ex$.$ Books$)$ sit on top of the bridge, and $2)$ hold the most $($$$/$gram$).$ Each straw member is worth $$1000$ and each foot of tape is worth $$5000.$

Design Statement: What do you understand about the problem? What is the span between the tables? $[$Write this out in your design notebooks.$]$

Research: What do you know about bridges? Where does that information come from? Have you considered looking things up$?[$Write this out in your design notebooks.$]$

Brainstorming: What designs does your group? Record all of them. The first idea you might may not be the final idea you use. $[$Write this out in your design notebooks.$]$

Synthesis: Consider the details and any math you might need to complete the design. $[$Write this out in your design notebooks.$]$

Evaluation: Which design will you pick? Why did you pick that design? $.[$Write this out in your design notebooks.$]$

Optimization: How can you make it better?

What were your results?