This is a great engineering project as it requires cheap and easily accessible materials - plastic or paper cups. Any size will work too! Be sure to start with an easy-to-achieve tower height so all teams that work together can be successful. Then challenge them to build the tallest tower they can with their materials. There are also a myriad of additional variations on the basic challenge:
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Parent Tips: Let your child explore the strengths and weaknesses of the cups. Make sure that siblings are playing nice and not walking too near the cup stacker or it will lead to hurt feelings when the tower falls. Instructions: Here is a link to one set of instructions. Thanks to Laura Candler's Teaching Resources for this activity.
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