Thursday 5th May 2011  8:30 AM

The IBS Build-A-Bridge Challenge is a high school competition for 10 and 11th grade students across the country. The students are organised into school teams of no more than five members and a mentor teacher. Each team receives a kit of 300 popsicle sticks and school glue from which they must construct a bridge of no more than
100 popsicle sticks. The lightest bridge holding the heaviest load will win, so the students use as few sticks as possible. This year we will introduce architecture as a judging criterion.

Special Guests, Speakers and Judges:
Hon. Charles Maynard, Minister, Youth, Sports & Culture; Hon. Desmond Bannister, Minister of Education; Dr. Carlton Watson
Chair, School of Mathematics, Physics and Technology, The College of The Bahamas; Mr. Romauld Ferreira, Attorney, Ferreira & Company and Master of Ceremony; Mr. Andrew Stirling, Architect, Plan-It Bahamas

Keynote Speaker:
Mr. Robert Whittingham, Architect, Whittingham Design Consultants; Mr. Marcus Laing, Architect, The Design Group

Start Time: May 5th at 8:30am
End Time: May 5th at 3:00pm
Where: College of the Bahamas Performing Arts Centre, Oakesfield

For more information, contact Mrs. Vivian Dean Bridge Challenge Co-ordinator at 242-324-5445
E-mail: bridgechallenge@gointegrated.com