Description: In a group of 4 or 5, build the tallest structure that is sturdy and stays up for at least 1 minute. The structure has to be built solely on straws and 2 feet of masking tape. It must stand alone, and the only thing that is allowed to touch it is the floor.
Brainstorm: Arudran decided that we should have a triangle base because it would support our structure more. After that me and Sabrina decide to make long straws connecting that were connecting. Illika and Hattie decide that we tape the triangle to the ground. All in all, our overall brainstorm was relying on supports and the area of tape. We used the tape as a support and a triangular base.
Procedure: We decided to have a triangle base, and then make long straws that would connect in the middle. then we had one long straw at the top, that was bent every other way so it would stand up.
SOUL Reflections:
S - Strength: Our strengths were definitely how well we worked together
O - Opportunity: We had a lot of opportunities to help each other out when we neeeded it the most.
U - Understand: We all sort of understood each other and were able to communicate easily without any misunderstanding.
L - Limitation: With the amount of limitation we had with only 2 ft on tape, I think that we did really good. We built (literally) past our problems and we were about to figure it out on our own, all with teamwork.
WISCR: My group was really self-motivated and I feel like that made it easier on everyone and all we had to do was come up with a strategy.. I really liked how we were all respectful to one another. We all worked together and helped each other in the wiscr way.