Steam Challenge

In Te Ngahere on the first day back of term 4 our class did a steam challenge. Steam stands for science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics. Our project was to create the biggest tower out of 2 sheets of newspaper and 30 cm of tape. Once we got our newspaper we had to plan out how we were going to make the tower. My group got our tape .Ricardo and Jahrell held the tower up and then I taped it together. We only had 20 minutes to build it and make it stand up. We finally got to the part where the teachers measured our tower. The teachers said the it had to stand up to be measured. The tallest tower was 1 meter and 18 cm. When we went up we tried to make it stand up but it wouldn't. The teacher said if you can make it stand up it will be 1 m and 15 cm. I thought that my group and I did really well. The thing that was hard for me and my group was trying to make it stand up. The easy thing was thinking of the idea and working together. I think that next time I could collaborate with my group members more. We were learning to create a freestanding object with limited equipment.