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Activity: Leaning Tower of Pasta Lesson PlanActivity: Leaning Tower of Pasta Lesson Plan
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Activity: Leaning Tower of Pasta

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A well-laid-out lesson plan, this can be used in an engineering, STEM, or physical science course. Laboratory groups design a structure using pasta and marshmallows, measure its height and weight, and then discover the load that it can support. They use the data to calculate effectiveness and compare their results to those of other lab groups.

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compression, force

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Engineering, building structures, forces, stem, compression, materials science, tension, science
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Grade
6th - 8th
Subjects
Science
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Resource Type
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Audience
For Teacher Use
Duration
1 hr
Instructional Strategies
Collaborative Learning
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Year
2008

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