The next day, we resumed work on the tower. We trimmed it to a shorter height and added horizontal supports all around. Not pretty, by any means, but it was strong! Now the test. Here is Sprite, gingerly testing the structure with a baseball. IT WORKS! Books with projects using straw...
Maybe your child has been assigned a school project to assemble a strong structure from drinking straws. Or perhaps you have some time on your hands and are curious if such a structure can be formed. Whatever the reason, creating a solid tower from straws is certainly possible and not as d...
STEP 6: Now adjust your shape’s position on each straw, so that your straws are balanced. TIP: Start with balancing the bottom straw and work your way upwards. Pin MORE FUN THINGS TO BUILD Click here for more easy STEM Activities and Science Experiments with paper PinPaper Eiffel Tower ...
In France, single-use plastic has been banned since 2016, but while items like straws and plastic cutlery have disappeared, plastic bags remain stubbornly common. At Paris' Aligre market, stalls are piled with fruit, vegetables and stacks of bags ready to be handed out. Most are stamped "reu...
simple – like mytall towerorbridge building challenge. Or, start role playing with a few math counters. Build your bear family a house, ordesign a wolf-proof house. Help them put together a menu for theirplay kitchen. Design acardboard space shuttleto take them to the moon. Or maybe ...
Cardboard helicopters are a fun activity to do with children. You can incorporate the construction and flying of the helicopters into a lesson plan on gravity. Simple cardboard helicopters can be colored and customized, allowing children to express thems
Architecture Building Cards: Try the tallest tower challenge Bridge Building Cards: Explore different types of bridges to build your own. Paper Chain STEM Challenge: Who can make the longest chain? Great icebreaker or quick challenge! 3 Little Pigs Architectural Pack: Design a house that won’t ...
Teach students about how sailboats move across the water by designing and making a sailboat of their own. Allow students to create their boat, and then stage a competition to see whose boat reaches the other side of the wading pool faster. Allow students
You can't have a great party without a great setting. Bridal showers typically occur anywhere from three months to three weeks before the wedding, but the exact timing is up to you, as the host, and the to-be-weds. Since showers don't have to be a surprise, work with the couple to...
You can build a simple suspension bridge of of everyday classroom materials in order to demonstrate the basic underlying physics. A suspension bridge includes two towers, two cables hanging in a parabola, a deck, hanging cables and sometimes a truss unde