The Challenge:

• Take 100 applicator sticks and a ball of plasticine
• In your group create the tallest free standing structure possible

 

Just like real engineers we made a plan and then set off to work.  And just like real engineers, we had to make changes to our plans as we experimented!

What we learned:
Merissa-You need to come up with a plan and test it.
Lily-I learned that triangles are the strongest shape.
Linden-I learned that if you build one and it doesn’t work, you have to keep on trying.
Brooklynn-Even though our tower was really, really strong, it was really, really short.
Jacob-I learned that you have to make a plan more than 30 times!
Taegan-You need lots of help.
Sharon-Your first plan might not work.
Kezra-Sometimes when you are building you think it is going to work and then it falls down.
Bronwen-I learned that if you are someone who wants to build huge towers you will really have to think before you build it.
Koa-I learned that it is really tricky to build it.
Teagan-I learned that you need lots of people if you are going to build a tower.
May-Sometimes your plan might not work.

We will use what we learned from this challenge in future challenges.  This week in science we are going to learn more about forces and experiment to see what kinds of shapes are the strongest.