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

The comic and the article triggered me to turn to YouTube for videos about developing huge LEGO towers. The video discusses the math that was used by scientists at The Open University to figure how high a LEGO tower would get prior to the blocks collapsed under their own weight. Before revealing students the article or the video discussed 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 influence how tall the tower could get. After they enjoy the video I d have a little classroom contest to see who can build the highest tower with the LEGOs offered in my classroom.

The video explains the mathematics that was used by scientists at The Open University to figure how tall a LEGO tower would get before the blocks collapsed under their own weight. Of course, the mathematical response assumes that the tower would not topple over before reaching its maximum height.

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Before showing students the video or the post 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 could get. After they view the video I d have a little classroom contest to see who can build the tallest tower with the LEGOs available in my class.

While getting caught up on my reading in Feedly this early morning I came across a.
new comic from The Oatmeal. The comic is based on a 2012 BBC post titled.
How Tall Can a LEGO Tower Get? The comic and the short 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 article and The Oatmeals comic..

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