STRAW+TOWER



A) What went well- After working for many days we accomplished the task of keeping our straw tower standing at 10 feet for over a minute. We figured out that building 3 squares out of straws and making them into triangles would be both efficient and effective. Dividing up the work equally helped our group achieve our goal rapidly. Our entire group made the squares while Alex made the triangles and Cody and Ian built the tower.

B) What obstacles did your group encounter? - Our group ran into several problems while working on this project. The first problem was when a few people started to destroy our project. With this problem we had to work harder to reassemble our project and get it back to standing tall. A second problem that occurred was we had to go pick a design that we though would be fast and easy to build. Our first idea didn’t work well because it took to much time and to many materials were required. In the end we came up with the triangle idea. A final problem we had were a few distractions. When we were working on our project and not everyone was working efficiently on our project it slowed our group down in creating the final product but we managed to overcome it. A) Throughout the project I learned many things. The first of which is that the base is the backbone of the tower. With a poorly constructed base, a tower doesn’t stand a chance. Also, teamwork is essential and effective teamwork leads to productivity. The final thing I learned from the project is that change is a necessity. Without a doubt our project would have failed horribly if we stuck with it, but the change allowed us to reach our goal of 10ft. B) If we did this project for a second time, I would change many things. The first of which is I would have each group member be designated to a specific position. For example, I would always make the squares, Schwab the triangles, and Cody would build the tower. This would ensure quality control and all the pieces would be uniform and identical. Secondly, I would try to cut out the distractions of Math homework and English homework and Chemistry homework and United State’s History homework because they wasted precious time. However I would also do stuff the same. I would stick to our design plan of the triangle technique because it is efficient and effective. Besides that I would stay in the same group because we know one another and at times work well together.