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Bridge Builder

Design a bridge with a budget and constraints; test it with trucks, iterate and optimize.

Play style: Builder
Module: Engineering Design: Define problems, test solutions and optimize designs
Grade: Grade 8 · Science
Standards: MS-ETS1-1 MS-ETS1-2 MS-ETS1-3 MS-ETS1-4

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