Instant Challenge : 100th Floor Cathedral

Challenge:

Your TASK is to build a tower that will support weights at certain heights.

Time:

You will have 6 minutes to build your tower and place weights.

Set Up:

There is a table with weights and materials to build your tower.

Procedure: (6 minutes)

• Using only the materials provided, build a tower that will support weights at certain
• heights.
•  You should place weights at this time.
• Your structure should support weights at 10 in., 20 in., or 30 in. above the table.
• The weights must be held for 10 seconds after time ends in order to receive score.

Materials:

• 4 chenille stems
• 4 craft sticks
• 4 note cards
• 4 mailing labels
• 4 toothpicks
• 4 balloons
• 1 piece of aluminum foil
• 4 rubber bands
• piece of string
• 4 Styrofoam cups
• 4 plastic cups
• 4 straws
• 1 sheet of newspaper

You will be provided with a ruler that may not be damaged and may not be part of your

solution.

The weights may not be damaged and may not have the mailing labels attached to them.

Scoring: You will receive

• A. 2, 4, or 6 points (60 points maximum), respectively, for each weight supported 10 in., 20 in., or 30 in. above the table.
• B. Up to 20 points for the creativity and development of your solution.
• C. Up to 20 points for how well your team works together.

Download the full challenge here! Thanks to our friends from Creative Iowa for this challenge.