Each group was tasked to create the tallest tower they could using different materials. In one room, buddy groups built the tallest tower they could using 100 index cards and 1 yard of masking tape. In another room, buddy groups built the tallest tower they could using two small cans of play-dough and 100 toothpicks. And a final room supplied kids with 20 strands of dry spaghetti, a yard of scotch tape and a yard of string - with the added challenge of its needing to support the weight of a marshmallow on top!
There were many ideas about how best to gain height (and a lot of industrial espionage...) as groups struggled with creating a tall, stable tower. Each set of materials posed different challenges for the groups be it snapping strands of spaghetti or mushy play-dough that did not set joints solidly, but all groups had a lot of fun working together.
Check out the pictures below of our STEM endeavors.
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