Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Have You Built a 2 Meter Freestanding Newspaper Tower?



Objective:
Use the design cycle.

Goal: Design and build the tallest freestanding tower possible using only tape, newspaper, and your creative prowess.

Investigate: Scrutinize fundamental shapes, lofty towers, and crafty bridges for design ideals to help your team build the tallest newspaper tower. Try building a preliminary small tower.

Plan: Construct design drawing for your tower. Demonstrate in drawn form what the tower will look like before it is built.

Create: Engineer your group's tower!

Evaluate: Judge the tower fir freestanding height.