Obviously they won't be building anything the same size of the West Gate Bridge since they're using balsa wood, string and glue.
Today the school received a visit from staff at engineering contracting firm John Holland who taught the finer details to the Year 9/10 design and construction students about scaled-down bridge design.
The students will spend the next two weeks in pairs designing the perfect bridge.
Then they'll spend about five weeks using a set amount of supplies constructing the bridge in class.
Shepparton Christian College science and math teacher Caleb Milburn said for most students it was their first time participating in design and construction.
"They're doing a bit of research into different bridge types and different ways loads and joints are distributed.
"We'll be handing them the very limited amount of material to construct and they're also receiving the exact same even down the amount of glue.
"The bridge must be 700 mm in length and 200 mm wide."
The students have already worked on designing a potential two-dimensional bridge this term.
Mr Milburn said the bridges would be tested for vertical loads.
"We're going to be hang a bit of a rig underneath the bridge as its set up on two tables.
"We'll hang a bucket underneath the rig then pouring water progressively into the bucket.
"Last year when we did this there were five to 15 kilogram weights underneath before they failed.
"We'll be testing them to destruction because we want to see what the maximum load is," Mr Milburn said.
The students will test their designs in week one next term.
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