How Tall Can a LEGO Tower Get? – Life’s Biggest Questions

While getting captured up on my reading in Feedly this early morning I discovered 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 need to see it on The Oatmeal site). The comic is based upon a 2012 BBC post titled.
How Tall Can a LEGO Tower Get? The comic and the short article triggered me to turn to YouTube for videos about constructing giant LEGO towers. YouTube did not disappoint me in my look for videos that explain the math and physics highlighted in the BBCs article and The Oatmeals comic..

The video discusses the math that was used by researchers at The Open University to figure how tall a LEGO tower would get before the blocks collapsed under their own weight. Of course, the mathematical response assumes that the tower would not topple over prior to reaching its maximum height.

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Before revealing trainees the video or the post pointed out 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 tall the tower might 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 class.

The comic and the short article triggered me to turn to YouTube for videos about developing huge LEGO towers. The video describes the math that was used by researchers at The Open University to figure how high a LEGO tower would get before the blocks collapsed under their own weight. Prior to revealing students the video or the post 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 high the tower might get. After they see the video I d have a little class contest to see who can construct the highest tower with the LEGOs available in my classroom.

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