Spaghetti and Marshmallow Structures

In Science, we've been learning about forces acting on structures. Students took some of the concepts they've explored and applied them to designing and building some spaghetti and marshmallow structures. Their task was to design a structure that would stand 20 cm tall. Each group had to plan and draw a design. Then they had to estimate the amount of materials they would need. The groups tracked the amount of building material they used and recorded any modifications they had to make to their original plans. This was quite a challenging task.