Applications for Education.
Before showing trainees the video or the post mentioned above, I d have them make guesses as to the response then write out lists of the variables that they can believe of that would influence how high the tower might get. After they watch the video I d have a little class contest to see who can construct the tallest tower with the LEGOs available in my class.

While getting captured up on my reading in Feedly this morning I came throughout a.
new comic from The Oatmeal. The comic is based on a 2012 BBC article entitled.
How Tall Can a LEGO Tower Get? The comic and the article triggered me to turn to YouTube for videos about developing giant 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..

The comic and the short article triggered me to turn to YouTube for videos about developing giant LEGO towers. The video explains the math that was utilized by researchers at The Open University to figure how high a LEGO tower would get before the blocks collapsed under their own weight. Before showing students the article or the video mentioned above, I d have them make guesses as to the response then compose 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 highest tower with the LEGOs available in my classroom.

Last fall a YouTube channel entitled Lifes Biggest Questions took on the concern of “how high can a LEGO tower get?” The video explains the mathematics that was utilized by researchers at The Open University to figure how tall a LEGO tower would get prior to the blocks collapsed under their own weight. Obviously, the mathematical answer assumes that the tower would not fall over before reaching its optimal height. You then have to consider the general stability of the structure rather of simply weight-bearing ability of the structure. View the video to find out more, its quite satisfying..

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