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Applications for Education.
The concern of “how high can a LEGO tower get?” is an enjoyable prompt for diving into conversations about math and physics. Before revealing trainees the video or the short article discussed above, I d have them make guesses as to the response then draw up lists of the variables that they can think about that would influence how high the tower might get. Then after they see the video I d have a little class contest to see who can build the highest tower with the LEGOs available in my classroom.

The video describes the mathematics 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 answer presumes that the tower would not fall over before reaching its maximum height.

The comic and the article triggered me to turn to YouTube for videos about developing 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 showing trainees the video or the article discussed above, I d have them make guesses as to the response then compose out lists of the variables that they can think of that would affect how high 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 class.

While getting captured up on my reading in Feedly today I came across a.
new comic from The Oatmeal. The comic addresses the concern, “how tall can a LEGO tower get?” (Its a copyright-protected work so youll need to see it on The Oatmeal site). The comic is based on a 2012 BBC short article entitled.
How Tall Can a LEGO Tower Get? The comic and the short article prompted me to turn to YouTube for videos about constructing giant LEGO towers. YouTube did not disappoint me in my search for videos that explain the mathematics and physics highlighted in the BBCs post and The Oatmeals comic..