Jack and the Beanstalk To save himself from

Jack and the Beanstalk

To save himself from the giant, Jack chopped down his beanstalk! Now he has no way of getting Jack backneeds a new way to travel to the castle to take more golden castle in the sky to get more coins! We have to build him a new beanstalk that can hold him and his

Your objective… is to design and build a beanstalk that will support the weight of a book. Your Challenge… is to be the group with the tallest beanstalk that is able to support weight OR the group with the beanstalk that supports the

Jack and the Beanstalk Challenge Criteria • The beanstalk will be made out of the provided materials. • Beanstalks must be topped with at least half of the provided paper plate. Constraints 1 Styrofoam plate Masking tape Scissors 6 sheets of newspaper Beanstalk must be freestanding Tested by the formula • Score = 3 h + 2 b • Beanstalk must support the weight for 30 seconds • • •

You will now work with your group to create the beanstalk based on the design that you drew in your plans. You may want to try out Create a blueprint of the beanstalk your beanstalk before the actual you would like to build. Make sure testing occurs. you include different angles and You will now want to think about label diagram. Include how you can work to make your measurements and notes on how design better. If your design did to create that section. not work, how can you improve it? If your design did work, are there any things you would like to

Work out the problems. • Compare the different beanstalks height. Create a line graph to show the difference in height. Look at your line graph and create sentences about the different beanstalks. (example: John’s beanstalk was 2” taller than Jimmy’s beanstalk. ) • What shape did you make your beanstalk? Would a different shape be better in its ability to hold weight? • What are the problems your beanstalk may face based on the materials used? Could you think of other materials that would have been better? • Compare the weight each beanstalk was able to hold. How does this relate to the height of the beanstalks?