Strongest Tower

We built towers with varying designs showing strength in STEM class.  In the example listed below, students us plates to spread out the weight of the text books.  Their height comes from using plastic cups.  Each group was given the same materials to work with and had to come up with a design as a group.  These basic engineering skills require students to persevere and push through problems that arise in their designs.  The group below was able to stack 14 textbooks on their tower.