The comic and the short article triggered me to turn to YouTube for videos about developing huge LEGO towers. The video explains the math that was utilized by scientists at The Open University to figure how tall a LEGO tower would get prior to the blocks collapsed under their own weight. Prior to revealing students the short article or the video mentioned above, I d have them make guesses as to the response then write out lists of the variables that they can think of that would affect how high the tower could get. After they see the video I d have a little class contest to see who can develop the tallest tower with the LEGOs readily available in my classroom.

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The video describes the math that was used by scientists at The Open University to figure how tall a LEGO tower would get prior to the blocks collapsed under their own weight. Of course, the mathematical response assumes that the tower wouldnt topple over before reaching its maximum height.

Applications for Education.
Before revealing students the short article or the video discussed above, I d have them make guesses as to the answer then write out lists of the variables that they can think of that would affect how tall the tower could get. After they watch the video I d have a little class contest to see who can develop the highest tower with the LEGOs offered in my class.

While getting captured up on my reading in Feedly this morning I encountered a.
new comic from The Oatmeal. The comic addresses the concern, “how high can a LEGO tower get?” (Its a copyright-protected work so youll have to see it on The Oatmeal website). The comic is based on a 2012 BBC short article titled.
How Tall Can a LEGO Tower Get? The comic and the article prompted me to turn to YouTube for videos about developing huge LEGO towers. YouTube did not dissatisfy me in my look for videos that describe the mathematics and physics highlighted in the BBCs article and The Oatmeals comic..