While getting captured up on my reading in Feedly this early morning I came throughout a.
new comic from The Oatmeal. The comic is based on a 2012 BBC article entitled.
How Tall Can a LEGO Tower Get? The comic and the post prompted me to turn to YouTube for videos about developing giant LEGO towers. YouTube did not disappoint me in my look for videos that describe the mathematics and physics highlighted in the BBCs short article and The Oatmeals comic..

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. Of course, the mathematical response presumes that the tower would not fall over prior to reaching its optimal height.

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Applications for Education.
The concern of “how high can a LEGO tower get?” is an enjoyable timely for diving into conversations about math and physics. Prior to showing students the short article or the video mentioned above, I d have them make guesses regarding the response then draw up lists of the variables that they can think of that would affect how tall the tower could get. After they enjoy the video I d have a little classroom contest to see who can construct the tallest tower with the LEGOs offered in my class.

The comic and the article triggered me to turn to YouTube for videos about building huge LEGO towers. 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. Prior to revealing 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 think of that would influence how high the tower could get. After they watch the video I d have a little classroom contest to see who can develop the tallest tower with the LEGOs offered in my class.