Marshmallow tower

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Use marshmallows, toothpicks, and spaghetti noodles to make towers, letters, and shapes. This engineering activity is perfect for kids ages 3 and up! Toothpick Tower, Toothpick Crafts, Steam Teacher, Makerspace Ideas, School Age Activities, Stem Engineering, Engineering Activities, Steam Activities, Stem Challenges

You know what I love even more than when an activity goes exactly as planned? When my kids take the lesson even further than I'd dreamed. That sends this deceptively educational mom over the moon! This simple engineering activity is a perfect example. I got the idea from a local STEM event eons ago, that provided kids with mostly edible building supplies and asked them to build and evaluate which shapes created the strongest, most stable structure. On the table were gumdrops, marshmallows…

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The goal of the game is to make the most profit, which of course is total revenues minus total cost. For each tower, each inch up to 4 inches is worth $1000, and every inch above 4 inches is worth $2000. The variable costs are marshmallows ($50), and toothpicks ($100). Each group has fixed costs of $1000, which do not change with output. Bonuses are given as well for being able to hold piece of paper for 5 seconds, and to be able to stand straight for 3 seconds. The group right below this…

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