STEAM Challenge: Marshmallow Tower

In this STEAM (similar to STEM but the A includes "Art") challenge, learners will create a tower from marshmallows and spaghetti! The tower will have some requirements, so students must problem solve to be successful.

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Completed by 55 learners

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45 minutes

per class

Meets once

7-11

year olds

1-9

learners per class

per learner

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Meets once at a scheduled time

Live video chat, recorded and monitored for safety and quality

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Description

Class Experience

Does your learner love food? How about building new things? Let your learner take part in today's STEAM Challenge, Marshmallow Tower!

Students will use spaghetti and marshmallows to construct the tallest tower possible (Engineering). As scientists (Science), they will use knowledge about gravity and force. Learners will think like an artist as they work to build an aesthetically pleasing tower in addition to creating a story for the purpose of their tower(Art), in addition to measuring the...

Students will need:
- Construction paper (for their story)
- markers (for their story)
- 30 full- sized pieces of raw spaghetti
- 10 large marshmallows
- "Person" (something that can represent a person such as a toy or a marble)

Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.

45 minutes per week in class, and maybe some time outside of class.

Teacher

Heather Fagan, M.S.Ed.

🇺🇸

Lives in the United States

Enthusiastic, Certified, and Internationally- Experienced Teacher

228 total reviews

211 completed classes

About Me

Welcome to my classroom! I am passionate about developing world changers and believe that your young scholar has the potential for greatness. 

I graduated from the University of Central Florida with a B.S. in Elementary Education and a minor in...