Testing the limits of the popsicle bridge.

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A man in uniform, adds weights to a basket as four students eagerly watch.

Testing the limits of the popsicle bridge.

In a hands-on engineering challenge at STARBASE Academy, COL Christopher Klein, Commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Transatlantic Middle East District (TAM), tested students’ popsicle stick bridges by adding weights to see how much each could hold.

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Tags: STEM, TAD, STARBASE, TAM

Photo by: Shannon Moeck | VIRIN: 240906-A-QI813-1002.JPG

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