As students recall the fairy tale of the The Three Billy Goats Gruff, they will remember that the goats attempt to cross a bridge to seek out a greener pasture. In this challenge, students will design a bridge that will hold all three billy goats for more than 30 seconds.
In the Teaching STEM through Fairy Tales series, we further examine the connection between literature- specifically fairy tales- and STEM. Each featured favorite fairy tale (try saying that one three times fast), makes a connection to STEM and ties the design challenge to the NGSS Engineering Design Standards.
First, students will “build” their billy goats by cutting out the patterns and taping each one to a large marshmallow.  Then, using the criteria and constraints provided, will work in pairs to build their bridge using the toothpicks and gumdrops/mini-marshmallows.
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