Evanston Township High School District 202 issued the following announcement on Dec. 13.
On December 6, the Evanston Township High School Math Department held its 40th annual ETHS Bridge Building and Breaking Contest. The winner of this year’s competition is Annika Gylling with a bridge that held 6.0 kilograms. Gylling is a student in Kayla Goldenberg’s class.
The bridge-building contest allows students to apply the math and science lessons from their classes to a hands-on project. Students design and construct small straw bridges that are weighed, tested and scored by efficiency.
Other top bridge builders include:
- 2nd place: Liza Imrem (5.7 kilograms; Maryjoy Heineman and Matthew Kaiser’s class)
- 3rd place: Isaiah Thompson (5.5 kilograms; Avani Khandhar’s class)
- 4th place: Violet Weston (4.8 kilograms; Kenzo Furukawa’s class)
Source: Evanston Township High School District 202
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