Challenging middle and high school students to building bridges out of toothpicks or Popsicle sticks is a time honored activity in science classrooms the world over, but this is the 21st century! With 3-D printing we can now take that same lesson to another level of understanding, infusing it with design, by replacing wood and white glue with PLA filament.

I created all things on Tinkercad, but any modeling program should suffice.