Middle schoolers test bridge building mettle at ANSEP summer program

A balsa wood bridge isn’t something you’d want to drive your car over, but it can be a useful way to expose kids to engineering.
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The Alaska Native Science and Engineering Program recently hosted middle school students from the Anchorage School District at the University of Alaska Anchorage.
In a building on the edge of the UAA campus, 47 middle schoolers are putting last-minute touches on miniature bridges.
The students gather in groups around blueprints of their own desig