8P2 Lego Tower

Using Lego's, I created a Lego tower because me and my group wanted to test what to do for certain situations in construction of the Lego tower.

During this process, I learned how to construct a Lego tower and what to do when the base wasn't strong enough. Or if the tower was leaning to far to the right.

The 7 standards of the class are Empowered Learner, Digital Citizen, Knowledge Constructor, Innovative Designer, Computational Thinker, Creative Communicator, and Global Collaborator. My project ties to Innovative Designer because when the Lego tower was leaning I thought to add a platform. To the side of the tower to balance both sides of the tower and stop the leaning. 

A challenge I overcame on this project was figuring out what type of base would work best. I was able to do it by trying out different shapes and sizes of bases to find one that suited the tower the best.

Given a chance to do this again, I would change the way we started the project. The reason why I would change it is because we started by sorting the lego brick by color. Which ended up just wasting time because we just built the tower without the colors organized.

Hastings High School Career and Technical Education Program offers Agriculture, Business Management, Computer Programming, Construction Trades, Culinary Arts, Digital Multimedia, Engineering Design, Finance, Insurance, and Marketing.  My project connects to the CTE program because it uses Innovative Designer which is part of the CTE program at Hastings High School.  

My project connects to careers in construction project managers, superintendents, and specialized tradespeople like electricians, carpenters because it involves building and constructing a building like a house or a skyscraper etc.