Wednesday, April 1, 2015

Delicious Domes

Another Engineering challenge: build a dome out of toothpicks and gumdrops, then test its strength by seeing how many books you can stack on top. Inspired, of course, by the amazing Renaissance-era dome of the Duomo in Florence, built by Filippo Brunelleschi.










































  
We also tested egg shells:





Some of the things we learned:


Our inspiration:




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