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Potato Stick

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Potato Stick


Children use potato sticks to build different tall and strong structures, developing their understanding of balance, structural strength, engineering concepts, and creative problem-solving through hands-on play.



Materials :
  • Potato
  • Toothpicks

Challenges:


  1. Make a tower that can hold the weight of your books (start with one book and then you can increase the number).
  2. What kind of geometrical structures can be made with potato sticks?
  3. Make a tower using certain geometrical structures such as a triangle or square at the base and see which one is stronger.
  4. Make a bridge that can go from one table to another. Challenge if the bridge can also hold a certain weight.

Questions to be asked:


  1. What can we do to make sure the tower can hold things without falling down?
  2. Does a tower made with 1 structure at the base and more structures at the base make any differences?
  3. Why does the tower start to lean or bend when it's built tall with only 1 structure holding it up at the bottom?
  4. Can you make a curve-shaped structure with potato sticks?
  5. What will be the difference if we add 2 sticks or more to make the structure?

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