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East Hills Elementary School hosts gumdrop bridge STEM challenge

The Roslyn High School girls varsity basketball team visited East Hills Elementary School to assist Noreen Naughton’s fifth graders with a gumdrop bridge STEM challenge.

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They were tasked with building a structure with only gumdrops and toothpicks. To meet the challenge, students had to design a bridge that could support one pound of sugar for ten seconds or more.

Students work on constructing a bridge out of just gumdrops and toothpicks.
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