ND Bridge Building Contest

Every year, Notre Dame Regional Secondary holds a Balsa Bridge Building Contest for all Physics 11 and 12 students. Click here to go to the contest website and here to see photos from last year's contest!

Contestants work away for weeks to construct a bridge made out of balsa wood and super glue that does not exceed a weight of 100.0 grams. A container would be suspended from the bridge during the testing period and weights would gradually be added to see how much weight the bridge is able to support. The current record weight is 209.4 kg (Record Holder: Matt Sullivan).

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ND's major sponsor is the Proffessional Engineers and Geoscientists of BC. Click on the logos below to visit the websites of some of our other sponsors.

Vancouver is a city with many interesting bridges, including the Burrard street bridge, the Granville Street bridge, and the Port-Mann Bridge. The Patullo Bridge in New Westminster is my favorite. Click on the photo for a closer look

Hopefully a senior from our grade 12 class will break the record! Be sure to drop in next Tuesday, May 6th for this year's up coming bridge building contest!

Click Here for an interesting link to help kids build their own bridges from the Additional links section from BalsaBridge.com.