Spaghetti Challenge
duration: 15 - 30 minutes
age: from 5 years
Who can build the tallest spaghetti tower?
tools
materials
- A4 paper
- 10 uncooked spaghetti strands
- 4 inches of tape
- 1 marshmallow
- 4 inches of string
- 2 straws
- 2 popsicle sticks
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step 1 - Build your tower
- The goal of this challenge is to get the marshmallow as high as possible off the table. The tower must stand independently for at least 30 seconds without support.
- Try to think creatively, maybe you can use the materials in a different way.
- Have you built a tower? Then see if you can make a second tower that is even taller using the knowledge you gained from building the first one.
step 2 - Create a leaderboard
- Once you have measured how high your marshmallow is, write it down and see if someone else can beat your score.