Unger said this year’s group of bridges is among the strongest he has seen in the past dozen years. “Some of these bridges can hold 400 pounds — that is really something,” he said. The most he has ...

C ONCORD, NH — Popsicle sticks and glue have been used for more than a century by enterprising kids to create everything from ...

How many pounds of pressure on a bridge built of Popsicle sticks and Elmer’s glue, itself weighing no more than 250 grams, bear before it breaks? Two hundred seventy pounds, tops. That’s what 106 ...

BAXTER — Lots of glue and triangle shapes are the key to building bridges. At least popsicle stick bridges, according to middle schoolers. Fifth and sixth graders who took part in an after ...

Using nothing more than standard Popsicle sticks and white school glue, students at Francisco Bravo Medical Magnet in Los Angeles built a bridge that weighs less than a pound, yet can support 489 ...

"For a good couple of months, it was filled with Elmer's glue and Popsicle sticks everywhere." Tozer said he made a 14.75-inch-long practice bridge that held 756 pounds.

During Ms. Showalter’s physical science club, he built a functioning Aerial Lift Bridge. It took some popsicle sticks, glue, string, and ample zeal for learning about the ships that come and go ...

Popsicle Stick Bridge The secret ingredient for cool kid’s projects is a low-temp glue gun. It will glue almost anything instantly, including fabric (great for zany fashions or costumes ...

Mr. Zuill added, “The final project was a 7-foot long bridge, built from popsicle sticks, glue, and string. Students were tasked to design a bridge to span the creek between Dellwood Middle ...

The secret ingredient for cool kid’s projects is a low-temp glue gun. It will glue almost anything instantly, including fabric (great for zany fashions or costumes), styrofoam, cardboard, and wood.

A faint crackling sound broke the silence inside the crowded workshop at Cal State Long Beach, and with it the dreams of a first-place title dissipated for students of Francisco Bravo Medical ...