Teaching the rest of the school about the Archdeacon Duggan Bridge

5th Classes teaching 1st Classes - what great teachers!

Learning all about bridges

Building Spaghetti Bridges

The task was to create a bridge using spaghetti that would cross a 50cm gap. Children had to measure and secure a 50cm gap. They then had to use spaghetti and tape to create their bridge. They came up with different methods to create their bridges. They then tested to see what the bridges could hold.

Floating in Junior Infants

Junior Infants made boats. They then tested the boats to see if they could float or not. They learned that the boats with holes in the bottom sank. Children then experimented to see how many teddy bears their boats could hold. 

Gallery walk

​Our local historian provided us with historic pictures of the Archdeacon bridge and old bridge. Children hadn't seen the pictures previously so were invited to try and understand what the pictures were capturing

Historian Talk

Our local historian Barry Maloney gave us a talk on the history of the old bridge and the new bridge. We learned so much new facts. He is also helped us understand what all the photos he had provided were showing.

Understanding the loads bridges can hold

Children were using wooden blocks and Cardboard to see what distributions their bridges could hold

Would it be easier to fly than use the bridge!

Children created paper planes and experimented with their models to see who could fly the furthest, perhaps air will be the newest bridge! 

We are creating models inspired by the Archdeacon bridge 

3D printing

Cillian created a 3D model using his 3-D printer. He showed us how to use the Blender software to develop the models. Cillian worked hard to scale the Archdeacon bridge down to create these models.

STEAM 

We have been learning with STEAM about Chemistry. We have enjoyed understanding the periodic table amongst the topics shared with us by Eli Lilly.
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Archdeacon Duggan Bridge Models