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 too far to the right or left.

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 I could add more weight to one side than the other and then support the bottom base of the tower. Which helped it stand straight up and not fall after it gets too high.

A challenge I overcame on this project was figuring out how to make the base of the Lego tower to make the base stronger so it could hold it up. I was able to do it by trying out different things like adding more weight on when side more than the other when the tower leans either more left or more right.

Given a chance to do this again, I would change the way we built the tower because it had a small base. The reason why I would change it is because we didn't have enough Lego pieces to make the base bigger to help it support the tower better. 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...