Structures and Building Links


How to build a structure tester Revised January 2007

Diary of a Balsa Goddess  Team member veteran and volunteer,Heather Compton's site that was created as an entry for the VOMBO internet content scholarship. " Its purpose is to provide new Destination ImagiNation® structure teams with basic information that they need as they start to solve the structure challenge.  Many teams and team managers seem to be intimidated by the structure challenge.  I love the structure challenges and hope by creating this website that I can encourage more teams to participate in the future. "  WONDERFUL site! Check out her update for this year's challenge, Switch!.

2006 version Structure Tips and Resources Tools, supplies and materials plus  tips from our veterans!

THE “CARDSTACKER”  A gallery of card structures from a professional

Videos : Dallas Morning News | News for Dallas, Texas | Sights & Soundgiftedandtalentedprogram s The builder talks about growing up and building with cards while you can watch him actually putting something together- then when it is done, he takes the whole thing down with a leaf blower!

Loctite Hold'em SuperGlue Showdown http://www.loctiteholdem.com/ WATCH CARD STRUCTURE BE BUILT IN VEGAS 

Global video clips http://www.midcities.texasdi.org/100D2K4Video/D2K4TxVideo.htm  Look for GuessDImate for structure team clips

Canstruction Interesting site of can structures National Charity of the Design and Construction Industry-created by the Society for Design

Structure Team Manager Guide (in PDF format)
Hairylunch's Creative Problem Solving Page- Wood and Structures
Exploratorium: Science Explorer: Geodesic Gumdrops
Structures Around the World
Structures – Investigating Form & Function, a 3rd Grade Science Unit
Building Big – take a close look at the labs and challenges!
Balsa
Wood Road Map


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