How Tall Can a LEGO Tower Get? – Life’s Biggest Questions

While getting caught up on my reading in Feedly today 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 view it on The Oatmeal site). The comic is based upon a 2012 BBC short article entitled.
How Tall Can a LEGO Tower Get? The comic and the article triggered me to turn to YouTube for videos about developing huge LEGO towers. YouTube did not dissatisfy me in my look for videos that explain the mathematics and physics highlighted in the BBCs short article and The Oatmeals comic..

Applications for Education.
Before showing students the article or the video pointed out above, I d have them make guesses as to the response then compose out lists of the variables that they can believe 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 available in my class.

The video describes 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. Of course, the mathematical answer assumes that the tower wouldnt fall over prior to reaching its maximum height.

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The comic and the article prompted me to turn to YouTube for videos about constructing huge LEGO towers. The video discusses the mathematics that was utilized by researchers at The Open University to figure how tall a LEGO tower would get before the blocks collapsed under their own weight. Prior to showing trainees the video or the article mentioned above, I d have them make guesses as to the answer then compose out lists of the variables that they can think of that would influence how high the tower might 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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