Today for Kidpreneur we did the marshmallow challenge. Our teacher gave us a link explaining about the challenge. The aim of the challenge was to build the tallest, free standing tower made from spaghetti sticks.
We had 3 minutes of planning time. The room was filled with noise. My group discussed about the design of the tower. We came up with lots of ideas. From tripods to other weird looking bases. Deciding our plan of action we waited until the planning time was up.
3...2...1...GO! Our build time has started. All five of the groups dove right in. My group started making the tripod. Once the legs were attached to the marshmallow to the spaghetti sticks Johnnie and I started trying to make it stand. Taking my hand slowly away making sure it won’t fall down. My group was the first group to make a standing tower. Seeing other groups starting to make a taller one we decided to keep add height. Doing this for 10 minutes.
The last five minutes was the most intense. We got to a point where the couldn’t hold itself up. Also one of the other groups started celebrating. They made a taller tower. I had to make a big decision. We had to make the tower a bit shorter. We got it back to a decent height that it could stand up. Just before we got our one standing the other group’s tower fell apart and broke leaving us the tallest tower.
We stood back watching the other groups try build or finish their towers. Our groups wished the time could go faster. In the end we had the tallest tower 54cm in height beating second place by 3cm. YEAH we did it.
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