We explored the strength of three different shaped pillars today. Hypothesis' were all over the place...some thought the number of sides mattered, some thought the corners were weakness, others used prior knowledge of shapes from our other tests to suggest the triangle would be strongest. Magic Tree House books gave us an accurate measure. The cylinder pillar held up the most weight. We saw this when researching examples of architecture and engineering over the ages. |
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