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The concern of “how high can a LEGO tower get?” is an enjoyable timely for diving into conversations about math and physics. Before showing students the short article or the video pointed out 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. Then after they enjoy the video I d have a little class contest to see who can construct the tallest tower with the LEGOs available in my class.

The video discusses the math that was used by researchers 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 response presumes that the tower would not topple over prior to reaching its optimal height.

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While getting captured 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 post titled.
How Tall Can a LEGO Tower Get? The comic and the short article prompted me to turn to YouTube for videos about building giant LEGO towers. YouTube did not dissatisfy me in my look for videos that describe the mathematics and physics highlighted in the BBCs post and The Oatmeals comic..

The comic and the post triggered me to turn to YouTube for videos about developing huge LEGO towers. The video describes the math that was utilized by researchers at The Open University to figure how high a LEGO tower would get prior to the blocks collapsed under their own weight. Prior to showing students the video or the post discussed 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 tall the tower might get. After they enjoy the video I d have a little class contest to see who can build the tallest tower with the LEGOs available in my class.