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TOWERS OF

STRENGTH

• Children work in large group (8 - 10) to build the
tallest, strong tower that they can in 1 minute.
• They may not build one brick directly on top of the
other - the children have to vary the ways in which
bricks are added by clicking the bricks in different
directions or using a different number of studs to
attach bricks.
• Teacher says “Go!” and they work as a team to
build.
• When teacher says “Hands off!” the groups stop
building.
• Compare the towers - who has the tallest; smallest?
• Which one is the strongest? You can test by picking
up the tower and tilting it to see which group’s tower
stays intact the longest.
• Try creating “an earthquake” by banging on the
desks to see which tower lasts the longest.

Q: How well did the team work together?
Q: How did they collaborate in order to build a
successful model?

Variations:
• Build a tower using only 1 / 2 / 3 colours.
• Build a tower which is patterned and then
explain the pattern.
• Build a tower incorporating spaces.
• Compare shapes; heights;
strengths of the different
towers.

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