STEM project

We finished our last FULL day of school off with a STEM project. (STEM stands for Science Technology Engineering and Math)

This is something I'd like to incorporate into my classroom next year, but these 5th graders were happy to be my guinea pigs! 🐖

Their task today was to build a tower that could be both tall AND strong. Their tower had to hold a cup and must be built out of straws, tape and string. They were also allowed to use scissors and a single hole punch. Each group had 150 straws and 1 cup. After the towers were complete we put jelly beans into each towers cup, one at a time, and counted how much each tower could hold.

And boy, did they deliver!

Here's some pictures during the build.