Lesson 8: Jellybean Building

Lesson 8: Jellybean Building

Category: Engineering

A super fun and easy engineering activity! Using jellybeans (or a small gummy candy of your choice) have a competition to see who can build the tallest tower!

Materials:

• Jellybeans (or small gummy candy of your choice!)

• Toothpicks

• Ruler

• Timer

Directions:

1. Give all participants an equal amount of jellybeans and toothpicks.

2. Set the timer for 20-30min

3. Using your jellybeans and toothpicks, try to build as tall of a tower as you can!

4. At the end of the time, use the ruler to measure the height of each tower to determine who won

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