Our first Structural Challenge

One of the things we study in grade 5 science is Structures. Throughout the year we will have some structural challenges and we examine how we make various structures strong. Our first challenge was our Marshmallow Challenge. Students worked in their groups to create a structure that would suspend a marshmallow as high as possible above their desk top using 20 spaghetti noodles, 4 straws, string and tape. Here is a visual summary of some our creations.