Consider taking the Model Bridge Project to have fun MAKING and then BREAKING a bridge and learning about ENGINEERING while you do it.
At the workshop we build the bridge so you are then “ready for fair.”
REQUIRED FOR WORKSHOP: Get a “bridge kit” at the 4-H Office and BRING IT to the workshop. ALSO BRING the “Project Manual” which you get from your 4-H Leader. (A 12”-long box is helpful to carry your bridge home.) Workshop attendance is required for 5th-grade.
The workshop is Saturday, May 14 from 10 am-12 pm at Lela Hewlett’s house at 3058 S. Sturdy Rd. (1 mile south of the Valpo WalMart, at the corner with Meadow Glen Dr, just north of Division Rd).
At 11:30 ADVANCED bridge-building will be discussed. Grades 5 & 6 are required to build the “kit bridge” but grades 7 – 12 can build “stronger” bridges. At 11:30 we will discuss “stronger” bridge-designs.
Learn more by watching these videos (helpful but not required.)
Bridges Music Video (3 min) 4-H STEM Bridge-Building Project – YouTube
Beginner Workshop Video (12 min) 4-H Bridges Beginner Workshop – YouTube
Questions – contact Mr. Donkle (prefer email donkle3@gmail.com or cell 810-241-2001)
Porter County 4-H Hub 