Whatcom Middle School
Bellingham
Bridges
Engineering
Just for Fun
100

The main street that runs next to Whatcom to Holly Street.

F Street

100

The name of the local donut shop that recently closed down.

Rocket Donuts

100
The simplest bridge design with a flat deck supported at either end by a pier or abutment.

Beam Bridge

100

A person who designs, builds, or maintains engines, machines, or public works.

Engineer

100

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles favorite food.

Pizza

200

The Whatcom Middle School Mascot.

Wildcat

200

The largest lake in Bellingham.

Whatcom

200

The part of the bridge that is used for crossing.

The deck

200

The method used by engineers to solve a problem.

The engineering design process
200

The height of a basketball hoop in feet.

10

300

The year the Whatcom Middle School Fire occurred. 

2009

300

A downtown Bellingham store that sells all kinds of crazy socks.

Mod Socks

300

A force that pushes things together.

Compression

300

An engineer who designs airplanes.

Aeronautical Engineer

300

Diary of a Wimpy Kid author

Jeff Kinney

400

The year that Whatcom Middle School was built.

1903

400
A new park in Bellingham with a pump track and parkour feature.

Cordata Park

400

A type of force that pulls things apart.

Tension or Tensile

400

The type of engineer that works with infrastructure projects such as roads, airports, and bridges.

Civil Engineer

400

The lead singer of Queen

Who is Freddy Mercury

500

The name of our new attendance secretary.

Mrs. Pelto-Fishbeck

500

The approximate population of Bellingham.

88,000 - 89,000

500

The three types of loads that engineers must consider when designing a bridge.

Live load, dead load, environmental load

500

4 of the seven steps of the engineering design process we learned in class.

Ask, Research, Imagine, Plan, Create, Test, Improve

500

What animal has the longest life span?

Giant Tortoise

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