Build a tower with straws: Engineering Job


The students are instructed to create a tower with twenty straws that meets the following requirements:

  • he must be able to remain standing;
  • he should be able to wear a tennis ball at 25 cm height or he must be able to carry twenty frogs in a pan;
  • he must remain twenty seconds.

Students must work in groups, discussing, sketching a plan, testing, improvements, ...

An example of a tower can be found in Annex.

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