AP Physics: OLY Bridge Building Contest Scoring Sheet Name _________________
Thurs/Fri, May 30/31, 2013 P2-P5 in OLY HS Room 704. Period __________
If your bridge is not in by 1:30 pm to Room 704 on Wednesday, 5/29/13, your score will
be 0/30.
Once you meet the entry requirements, you are cleared for loading. Be sure your bridge
has your name, period & mass on it. Testing is alphabetical! This year the max mass of
your bridge is only 25 grams (basswood).
We will test them until they fail (crash to the ground). The last load held for 10 seconds
is considered the final load. Do not add more mass if the bridge is moving. Your teacher
will give you the ok if it is going critical. Any bridge that makes it beyond 10kg load
should be saved (reglued) on the back shelf for further analysis all. Have your photo
taken with your bridge before loading begins & before you put on the safety glasses.
After you are done testing, put all weights back on the floor & clear your bridge pieces
from the area.
Your partner will keep track of your KG held. Call these out as YOU add masses to your
bucket. The bucket & holder is 1.5 kg.
Attach your bridge sketch & label where it broke using a red marker. (Not attached
subtract 3 points from your grade).
The Final Load for my bridge was _________________ grams (nearest g)
The Mass of my bridge was
_________________ grams (nearest .1g)
My efficiency was FL/Mass of Bridge= _____________ (whole number)
Efficiency
Less than 100
Less than 200
Less than 300
Less than 400
Less than 500
500 or greater
1st Place in class
2nd Place overall
1st Place overall
points of 30
18
19.5
22.5
25.5
28.5
30
32
34
36
letter grade
DD
C
B
A
A+
A+
A+
A+
My final place of the _____ entries was a _____________.
Thank you for really trying hard to produce the best bridge given all the constraints of the
2013 International Bridge Building Contest rules from IIT.
Great job! I enjoyed teaching each one of you this year, and I hope this final contest let
you show your own creativity, model building skills and the application of physics to a
genuine problems.
Mr. O'Leary