TETRAHEDRON PROJECT - DAY 2

DATA PAGE/RESULTS: HERE

We'll need to volunteer, appoint, request or other have several volunteers to help run the show today:

  1. A marshall to keep things running smoothly/coordinator
  2. A weight-master to balance the books
  3. A data recorder to use THIS spreadsheet

  • Be sure and observe your tetrahedron *closely* as it experiences more and more stress. Take note of the parts of the tetrahedron as they are forced to carry more and more weight.

  • Take PARTICULAR notice of the part of your tetrahedron that fails

  • Draw an "As Crushed" drawing that shows how your tetrahedron collapsed under the weight of the books. Be sure and label those parts that failed first.

  • Write a paragraph that describes the performance of your tetrahedron using appropriate science/aerospace terms.

  • Draw a version 2 of your tetrahedron

  • Build version #2