Big Boom Construction Contest

October 18, 2012

Using one LEGO Education kit and some string,

build a boom that is long and does not dip below the table at the start.

Add the heavy brick on the end and measure the deflection.

Score is length minus deflection.

One student holds one end.                                     The boom must fold in the middle.

of Linda Hamilton hamilton@marshall.edu With support from  Webpages and pictures on http://www.marshall.edu/LEGO Web camera on http://legocamera.marshall.edu Teleoperate AppaLEGO CITY at http://lego.marshall.edu NASA site of Remote Sensing on http://SENSORSCITY.marshall.edu