While getting caught up on my reading in Feedly this early morning I came throughout a.
new brand-new 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 describe the mathematics and physics highlighted in the BBCs article and The Oatmeals comic..

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Last fall a YouTube channel entitled Lifes Biggest Questions tackled the question of “how high can a LEGO tower get?” The video describes the mathematics that was utilized by scientists at The Open University to figure how high a LEGO tower would get before the blocks collapsed under their own weight. Naturally, the mathematical answer assumes that the tower would not topple over before reaching its maximum height. You then have to consider the general stability of the structure instead of just weight-bearing capability of the structure. View the video for more information, its rather enjoyable..

Applications for Education.
Prior to showing trainees the post or the video mentioned above, I d have them make guesses as to the answer then compose out lists of the variables that they can believe of that would affect how high the tower could get. After they view the video I d have a little classroom contest to see who can develop the tallest tower with the LEGOs offered in my classroom.

The comic and the article triggered me to turn to YouTube for videos about building 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 students the post or the video mentioned above, I d have them make guesses as to the answer then write out lists of the variables that they can believe of that would influence how tall the tower could get. After they view the video I d have a little classroom contest to see who can build the highest tower with the LEGOs readily available in my class.