STEM Activities
At-Home Edition
Candy Structures
Materials needed:
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Candy: starburst, gummy bears, or jelly beans work well!
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toothpicks
How to:
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Gather up your candy! If using Starburst, use a plastic knife to cut candy into halves or quarters.
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Use a small piece of candy to connect two toothpicks together.
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Try building different shapes like a square and a triangle. Can you connect them to make a pyramid? A cube?
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Can you make a tower? Try testing out your tower with weights like books to see how much it can hold.
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Build two structures and try to connect them with a bridge.
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What other kinds of structures can you build? Look at the architecture books in this kit for inspiration!
Architecture Fun Facts:
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The tallest building in the world is the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, UAE. It reaches 2,717 feet in height.
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Besides Egypt, pyramids of various types and sizes were built in many parts of the ancient world including Mexico and Central America, Greece, and China.
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It took 1 year and 45 days to build the Empire State Building in 1931 with about 3500 workers.
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The Eiffel Tower took 18,000 pieces of iron and 2.5 million rivets to make. It was built as the entrance to the 1889 World’s Fair to celebrate the 100-year anniversary of the French Revolution.
(From https://kidworldcitizen.org/world-architecture-for-kids/, 2019)
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