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Coast to Coast "trip" to California
Coast to Coast participants “traveled” to California and viewed a
slide presentation by Gary Talbot and Amy Saschuk; a 1970’s trip photo
proved that gasoline really was once 55¢ per gallon! The slide show
presentation included a tour of the beautiful and elaborately sculpted
and gold gilded paintings at the Hurst Castle in California.
During the second portion of the Coast to Coast activity,
participants learned about different types of bridge construction;
girder/beam, arch, suspension and truss bridges were discussed in
particular. Participants then worked collaboratively to build a truss
bridge from toothpicks and marshmallows. Each of the bridges
constructed, whether out of paper or wood/mallow, were tested for
their superior strength using pennies to represent vehicular weight.
The truss bridge we built was able to withstand the weight of 13
pennies. Unfortunately, we had to wait a week for the marshmallows to
harden to prove its weight for supporting the heaviest art book in the
room!!!
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