Applications for Education.
The concern of “how high can a LEGO tower get?” is an enjoyable prompt for diving into discussions about math and physics. Before revealing students the video or the short article mentioned above, I d have them make guesses as to the answer then draw up lists of the variables that they can think of that would affect how high the tower might get. After they enjoy the video I d have a little class contest to see who can construct the highest tower with the LEGOs available in my class.

The video explains the mathematics that was used by researchers 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 answer presumes that the tower would not topple over prior to reaching its optimal height.

While getting captured up on my reading in Feedly today I discovered a.
brand-new comic from The Oatmeal. The comic addresses the question, “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 post prompted me to rely on YouTube for videos about constructing giant LEGO towers. YouTube did not disappoint me in my look for videos that discuss the mathematics and physics highlighted in the BBCs article and The Oatmeals comic..

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The comic and the article prompted me to turn to YouTube for videos about building huge LEGO towers. The video explains the mathematics that was utilized 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 trainees the short 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 believe of that would affect how tall the tower might get. After they view the video I d have a little class contest to see who can build the tallest tower with the LEGOs available in my class.