Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Spaghetti Tower



Money Report:
  • 25 cm of tape: $250
  • 18 spaghetti sticks: $180
  • 4 marshmallows: $40 
Total: $470


Our tower was 86 cm.

One thing I liked about our tower was the strong, supportive base. I did not like the flimsy top because it caused our tower to tilt. The biggest challenge we faced was the tower tilting. We overcame this by purchasing more tape and adding more sticks for support. If I could change it, I would make a stronger top.

I felt pretty good about this assignment because we were successful. At one point we wanted to give up when it was falling at 65 cm, but we added more support and built it to 86 cm. Our design is very similar to the other successful towers in the class. If I could add another material it would be a hot glue gun.

Tyler was the architect and I was the accountant. We helped each other with our jobs and we both built the spaghetti tower.

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