Linthicum: Lindale Math Students Tackle 'Weighty' Issue

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A group of Algebra I students at Lindale Middle School has learned how to handle stress - all while enjoying themselves and putting their best engineering skills to good use.

The 11 students in Michele Brown's seventh-grade algebra class competed in the first Transportation and Civil Engineering design and build competition sponsored by the State Highway Administration. Their challenge: Build a bridge out of matchsticks that could withstand the most weight.

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Linthicum: Lindale Math Students Tackle 'Weighty' Issue

The class fielded three teams in the Nov. 1 competition at Morgan State University.

"The goal was to weigh the lightest and hold the most," Mrs. Brown said last week during an interview a...

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