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| Can you find the 4 different tower the designs? |
Today, we participated in the Marshmallow Challenge! Ms Elder gave each group 1 m of tape, 1 m of string, 20 pieces of spaghetti and a mini marshmallow. We had 15 minutes to try to build the tallest tower that supports a mini marshmallow on top. Here are some pics of our designs...it was cool that every design was different!
"Making the X base made it unstable." ~ KB"We were having trouble when we were making the legs stick to the table but we made it in the end." ~AZ
"If we had good cooperation, we got to get a marshmallow!" ~ LM
"It was hard because the spaghetti kept breaking." ~ KN
"We made a tipi shape and that held up the best because of its wide base." ~ SG
"Making a sturdy base first, made it a lot easier because it helped lean the pillar against it." ~ AA
"It was a big problem to just stick it on the table. Once, I took a big piece of tape to get it to stick." ~ KG
"My group was having trouble with making it. At first we tried a tipi but then I built a pillar and we built off of it." ~ SL
We watched a video (click here) on the Marshmallow Challenge.
In this Ted Talk, he suggests to:
- Focus on building something, even if it's short, rather than focusing on winning (being the tallest)
- Good communication with your partners
- Made prototypes and tested!
- Get building right away, test, and improve
- Consider everyone as equal and work as a team, rather than wasting time trying to become a leader
Ms Elder gave us new materials and we had the chance to re-build. Every team had a standing tower!
At the end, we completed a reflection in our Visual Journals.
