The Great Chocolate Challenge

As part of our settling into year 6 activities, we held a teamworking challenge.

The brief was to create a tall structure, using only masking tape and newspaper, which would be strong enough to support a chocolate bar.  The children were split into groups to discuss their design and then create their tower.

As you can see from the photos, there were some interesting designs!

Lots of discussion about where to start

 



A great demonstration from Tom.  The final design resembles a table.  It was very sturdy, but just did not have enough height to be the winning design. 

  

Plan C - they made envelopes and stuffed them with paper.  A great idea, which was sturdy, but didn't have enough  height. 

This group made pieces of paper into balls and stuck them together.

This structure certainly had height, but just wasnt strong enough...the wind kept blowing it over!

And the winner is...