Bridge weight limits explored

(Editor’s Note: The following was submitted by South Fulton High School student Alexis Brown)

South Fulton Physics class is building cardboard bridges. In building these bridges, the students can only use corrugated cardboard and wood glue.

Coach Chuck Seratt, the Physics teacher, is challenging the students to try their hardest to build a functional bridge.

He is grading the bridges on how much weight they can hold.

The bridges cannot weigh over four pounds. Coach Seratt puts weight on the bridge, and grades according to how much weight it can hold.

One bridge from last year’s physics class held over 300 pounds.

On a positive note, he lets the students have one trial bridge. The trial bridge is used to allow the students to see how much weight it can hold and to see what improvements they need to make on it.

Coach Seratt is attempting to get his students to really give their best effort in doing this project.