Designing The Next Trump TowerDonald Trump is well-known throughout the world for the businesses and buildings he creates. It's time for him to design a new Trump Tower, and he wants your help. This tower may go in a number of different US cities, but all of them are known for their high winds, and it's important that your tower design can stand up the best to wind.

Step 1- Reflect on our previous buildings experiments. Think about what you've already learned about how to build a tall, strong, and sturdy tower.

Step 2- Design a plan for your tower. Make sure that you label your design and identify the different shapes that are in your tower. Be prepared to discuss why you think your tower design is the best one.

Step 3- Using the materials provided and working with your team, build your tower.

Step 4- Modify/change the construction of your tower as your team continues to work. Be prepared to explain the reasons behind your changes.

Step 5- Have your tower ready to be measured for height and tested against wind. All designs that survive the wind test and meet the assignment criteria will be tweeted to Donald Trump. Your design may be the inspiration for his next building.

Materials

100 mini marshmallows, 8 regular marshmallows, 1 box (340g) of spaghetti, 8 linguine noodles, 1 lasagna noodle.

Learning Goal: We are learning to build tall and sturdy structures for a specific purpose.

Success Criteria:

__ We can follow safety procedures during Science and technology activities.

__ We can investigate the properties of different materials, and use these materials for building.

__ We can use problem-solving skills to design, build, and test a structure for a specific purpose.

__ We can use various forms (i.e., writing, drawing, Explain Everything, Google Hangout, and/or podcasts) to communicate with different audiences for different purposes.