Tumbling Towers

As part of our work in Science and Design Technology the students participated in a challenge to build a straw tower using straws, paperclips, string and pins. They have come up with some interesting designs using the limited materials. The two-storey structures were then tested with weights to see which design holds the most weight and survives the earthquake, and its after shock.

 

Three designs survived the earthquake. It was great to see the students demonstrate their knowledge of structures and strong shapes (mainly triangles and hexagons) together with suspended floors that could move with the earthquake.

 

Roshan's design was made by Roshan and Aldrich. They used supporting braces
and a suspended floor so their structure could survive the earthquake.

 

                                                         Rishithai's design using a hexagonal structure was built with Kallaghn
             and successfully survived the earthquake. 

                                                                      Immanuel's design used the structure of triangles to build a successful design.
                                                                  Together with Yusuf they built one of our tallest structures that survived the earthquake.