{"id":735,"date":"2019-03-13T21:27:15","date_gmt":"2019-03-14T04:27:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/smithc\/?p=735"},"modified":"2020-09-10T15:36:05","modified_gmt":"2020-09-10T22:36:05","slug":"gum-drop-structure-challenge-with-buddies-from-burnaby-mountain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/smithc\/gum-drop-structure-challenge-with-buddies-from-burnaby-mountain\/","title":{"rendered":"Gum Drop Structure Challenge with Buddies from Burnaby Mountain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-736 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/smithc\/files\/2019\/03\/IMG_2035-e1552537274323-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/>Students enjoyed the challenge of building gum drop structures with their older buddies from Burnaby Mountain last week.\u00a0 Students had to test their knowledge of engineering as they tried to figure out:<\/p>\n<p>Which shapes made by the toothpicks and gumdrops were the strongest? Squares, rectangles, or triangles?<\/p>\n<p>Did the width of the base make a difference?<\/p>\n<p>When the structure collapsed, which portions stayed in one piece? Why did those parts not collapse?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>They were then tasked with using their discoveries to create a stronger structure that would support more weight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Students enjoyed the challenge of building gum drop structures with their older buddies from Burnaby Mountain last week.\u00a0 Students had to test their knowledge of engineering as they tried to figure out: Which shapes made by the toothpicks and gumdrops were the strongest? Squares, rectangles,<a href=\"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/smithc\/gum-drop-structure-challenge-with-buddies-from-burnaby-mountain\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8441,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2,6,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/smithc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/735"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/smithc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/smithc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/smithc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8441"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/smithc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=735"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/smithc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/735\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1694,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/smithc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/735\/revisions\/1694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/smithc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/smithc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/smithc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}