Spaghetti Spans Guide
A comprehensive student guide containing engineering constraints, material costs, mathematical modeling theory (quadratic and catenary), and a detailed assessment rubric.
Spaghetti Spans Log
A step-by-step student lab report template for blueprinting, coordinate mapping, cost tracking, load testing, and mathematical performance analysis.
Spaghetti Spans Teacher Guide
An instructional guide for educators, featuring grading tips, setup instructions, common misconceptions, and worked mathematical exemplars for quadratic curve fitting.
Spaghetti Spans Slides
A high-impact instructional presentation introducing the Spaghetti Spans STEM challenge, comparing catenary and parabolic curves, explaining structural efficiency metrics, and walking through coordinate modeling.
Spaghetti Spans Analyst Sheet
An alternate, paper-based mathematical modeling and cost-efficiency worksheet designed for students who are unable to participate in physical bridge construction.
Spaghetti Spans Vocab
A vocabulary reinforcement worksheet combining a solvable 12x12 engineering word search grid with formal definitions matching.
Spaghetti Spans Practice
A 2-page math practice worksheet providing targeted exercises on quadratic systems curve fitting, vertex and joint modeling, ratio scaling, and cost-efficiency calculations.
