In Science class we had to build a tower 40 centimeters tall that could hold an egg and withstand an earthquake. We had to use spaghetti sticks, marshmellows, and masking tape. Each spaghetti stick was 100 dollars, each marshmellow was 50 and each inch of tape was 25 dollars. We had a total of 4,875 dollars to spend. If we wanted to buy insurance that would be 500 dollars so by the time we bought all of our supplies and insurance we had no money left. Our tower has not collapsed so far and it can hold up an egg at 40 centimeters tall. We don’t know yet how it will do in an earthquake. Some of the things that we learned would be good to have on our tower are that it is important to have crossbars because it helps keep the tower stable and it is also important to have a place that the egg will be secure and won’t make the tower top heavy. So far our project has gone really well and I hope that it will withstand the earthquake.
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