Applications for Education.
Prior to 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 believe of that would affect how tall the tower might get. After they enjoy the video I d have a little class contest to see who can develop the highest tower with the LEGOs offered in my class.

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While getting caught up on my reading in Feedly today I encountered a.
brand-new comic from The Oatmeal. The comic addresses the concern, “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 on a 2012 BBC article entitled.
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 discuss the mathematics and physics highlighted in the BBCs article and The Oatmeals comic..

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

The comic and the short article triggered me to turn to YouTube for videos about developing giant LEGO towers. The video describes the math 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. Before showing trainees the video or the article 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 affect how tall the tower could get. After they see the video I d have a little classroom contest to see who can build the highest tower with the LEGOs available in my classroom.