On Monday, at science club, we had the challenge of making a tall tower from marshmallows and spaghetti.. not as easy as I thought it would be! Firstly because you have to be careful not to snap the spaghetti (this happened a lot) and secondly because it's quite tough not to eat all the marshmallows..
After a while it becomes very obvious that the strongest structures are made from triangles.
We may have to do this one again and find some more 'real life' examples of structures that use this method.
I found this very therapeutic, in fact it's possible that I enjoyed this activity way more than any of the children did :)
Today we ended up on a surprise trip the the Milestones museum : http://www3.hants.gov.uk/milestones/
There's quite a lot there, but most importantly at this time of year: it's all sheltered :) We found some foam blocks that need careful placement to build a viaduct, and after a few attempts made this:
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