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Pipe Cleaner Towers Lesson PlanPipe Cleaner Towers Lesson Plan
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Pipe Cleaner Towers

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Small groups work together to create a tower out of 15 pipe cleaners under a set of imposed limitations. First, restrict team members to use only one arm, and then remove the use of spoken language. There is also a time limit. The brief construction lesson can be used as a warm up for an engineering design lesson or simply as a team-building activity. 

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engineering design, engineering, technology resources

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stem, engineering design
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Grade
6th - 12th
Subjects
STEM
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
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For Teacher Use
Duration
45 mins
Instructional Strategies
Collaborative Learning
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