Maybe now we should call them the Golden GATE students. The Gifted and Talented Education students at Shelyn Elementary have spent the past several weeks studying bridges.

That included one of the world’s most famous structures, the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. So it wasn’t unusual that several students chose to build their own tributes to the famous bridge that spans the bay.

To share their special projects, staff and students threw a bridge party. Forget the cards, this party focused on the model bridges the kids had constructed.

Some used fiberboard, some Popsicle sticks. Others fashioned cables from yarn, while another had little chains holding up the bridge.

All showed an advanced knowledge of structural engineering. The little engineers were putting the concepts they had learned to the test.

While Hot Wheels cars may not weigh as much as a real ones, they still offered a visual appreciation of the tiny bridge’s load-bearing abilities.

Several looked sturdy enough to support the students, though all were reluctant to overload their precious bridges.

Charlene Poons huge arch bridge certainly looked strong enough to support the 9-year-old.

“My mother bought 1,000 Popsicle sticks and I used almost all of them,” Charlene boasted. “I doubled up on the sticks because I wanted a strong bridge.” Click HERE for entire story!