Members challenge your friends with this fun, simple, low-prep STEAM activity!
- Challenge: Create the tallest freestanding tower possible by challenging your friends through text or email.
Materials:
- Sheets of Paper
- Mailing Labels or tape
- Yardstick or Ruler (the taller the tower gets, the more likely you’ll need a yardstick)
- Computer to email
- Something to take a photo (camera, cell phone, laptop camera, etc.)
Instructions:
- 1st Person: Build the tallest freestanding tower as possible using only one sheet of paper and 2 mailing labels (or 3 inches of tape). After building the tower, photograph the tower with a yardstick to show the height. Send the photo to a friend, along with a copy of this challenge, to have them add to the height.
- 2nd Person: Build the same tower that the first person built (one sheet of paper and 2 mailing labels or 3 inches of tape) and then add to the height using one sheet of paper and 2 mailing labels (or 3 inches of tape). After building the tower, photograph the tower with a yardstick to show the height. Send the photo to a friend, along with a copy of this challenge, to have them add to the height.
- 3rd Person: Build the same tower that the second person built and then add to the height using one sheet of paper and 2 mailing labels (or 3 inches of tape). After building the tower, photograph the tower with a yardstick to show the height. Send the photo to a friend, along with a copy of this challenge, to have them add to the height.
- 4th, 5th, 6th or More Persons: Keep building, photographing, and challenging a friend until the tower is too tall to replicate.
Show us your towers in the comments below!