Project - Tower Building

• Materials: 5 sheets of A4 paper and 1m of tape
• Aim: Make the tallest tower you can.
  • It should be “free standing”
  • no taping it to wall/ceiling, not leaning on wall, no holding it

Step 1: Planning

Make a plan. Please use discussion language

• What should we do first?
• Why don’t we / We should
• I totally agree

• etc)

• Suggested plan discussion questions
  • How can we make it strong and tall?
  • How many legs should we have?
  • How many sheets should we use per leg? How about for the tower?
  • Should we roll tightly or rolol loosely
  • How should we use the tape?
  • We don’t have much time. How should we share the work?

Step 2: Make your tower

• Use polite instruction language
  • Hiroki, can you roll/fold
  • Hiroko, can you give me 1cm of tape?
  • Hiroki, while I X, can you Y?
  • Can you hold this while I X?
• If it isn’t working, change the plan
  • Oh no, our plan isn:t working. We should…
  • Maybe we need to….

Step 3: Judge!

• Stop.
• I will measure your tower. Tallest one to not fall over wins!

Step 4: Review - practice giving advice

• Give advice to a future class.
• Think about design AND construction teamwork
  • What went well? What should a future team do?
  • What went badly? What shouldn’t a future team do?
• What language did you need that you didn’t know?
  • e.g. Parts
    • The base
    • The braces
  • Verbs
    • Stick
    • Attach

Step 5: Recycle!

• Take a photo of your tower
• Destroy your tower carefully
• Use the paper or put it in the right bin