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 tall can a LEGO tower get?” (Its a copyright-protected work so youll need to view it on The Oatmeal website). The comic is based upon a 2012 BBC post titled.
How Tall Can a LEGO Tower Get? The comic and the post triggered me to rely on YouTube for videos about building giant LEGO towers. YouTube did not disappoint me in my search for videos that describe the mathematics and physics highlighted in the BBCs post and The Oatmeals comic..

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The video discusses the math 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. Of course, the mathematical response assumes that the tower would not topple over prior to reaching its optimal height.

Applications for Education.
Before showing students the video or the short article pointed out 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 high the tower could get. After they see the video I d have a little class contest to see who can build the highest tower with the LEGOs offered in my classroom.

The comic and the post triggered me to turn to YouTube for videos about building huge LEGO towers. The video discusses the math that was utilized by scientists at The Open University to figure how tall a LEGO tower would get before the blocks collapsed under their own weight. Prior to revealing trainees the post or the video mentioned above, I d have them make guesses as to the response then write out lists of the variables that they can think of that would influence how tall the tower could get. After they see the video I d have a little classroom contest to see who can develop the tallest tower with the LEGOs offered in my classroom.