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Cups (Paper, 3 oz, Dixie)
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2 cups per pair
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Mini-marshmallows
Mini-marshmallows come in 10-ounce bags, which contain between 420-480 mini-marshmallows.
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30 per pair
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Paper Towels
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1 per pair |
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Toothpicks
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40 toothpicks per pair |
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Earthquake Engineering printout
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1 per student |
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Earthquake Engineering - Answer Key printout
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1 per class |
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Rulers
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1 ruler per pair |
We suggest students work in pairs. Homeschool students can work on their own.
Each pair of students will build a mini-marshmallow and toothpick tower. Separate your cups or bowls into two equal piles. Place about 30 mini-marshmallows into each of the cups in one pile. Place about 40 toothpicks into each cup in the other pile.
We suggest organizing supplies beforehand for easier distribution. Students will need their worksheet for the first discussion break:
Students will need these supplies in Step 3 of the hands-on activity:
Each pair will then need a paper towel to use as a shake table in Step 5.
Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.
Generate and compare multiple solutions to reduce the impacts of natural Earth processes on humans.
Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.
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