While getting captured up on my reading in Feedly this morning I came throughout a.
new comic from The Oatmeal. The comic is based on a 2012 BBC short article entitled.
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 dissatisfy me in my search for videos that explain the mathematics and physics highlighted in the BBCs article and The Oatmeals comic..

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Last fall a YouTube channel titled Lifes Biggest Questions tackled the concern of “how high can a LEGO tower get?” The video discusses the mathematics that was utilized by scientists at The Open University to figure how tall a LEGO tower would get prior to the blocks collapsed under their own weight. Obviously, the mathematical response presumes that the tower would not fall over before reaching its optimal height. You then have to think about the overall stability of the structure rather of simply weight-bearing capability of the structure. See the video to read more, its rather satisfying..

Applications for Education.
Before revealing trainees the post or the video mentioned above, I d have them make guesses as to the response then compose out lists of the variables that they can believe of that would affect how high the tower might get. After they watch the video I d have a little class contest to see who can develop the tallest tower with the LEGOs available in my class.

The comic and the article prompted me to turn to YouTube for videos about building giant LEGO towers. The video describes the mathematics that was used by scientists at The Open University to figure how high a LEGO tower would get before the blocks collapsed under their own weight. Before showing students the 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 influence how tall the tower could get. After they watch the video I d have a little class contest to see who can develop the tallest tower with the LEGOs readily available in my classroom.