Today we were given the challenge of creating an object that would support a cinder block as high off the ground as possible. The materials we were given to use were newspaper and glue. The materials we already had were our thinkers! Initially, I'd considered trying to hang it, but I didn't know if that was possible and I'm still working on asking questions. My mind then went to how to make the most out of what I'd been given. I folded, rolled, and twisted the newspaper to find out what gave it the most integrity using as little of it as possible to maximize how much I could use making the structure taller. I concluded that the crumpled up balls of newspaper gave the most width and depth. To minimize the time I spent gluing I rolled the balls of newspaper and then glued several outer rectangles and stuffed the crumpled newspaper inside the rectangles. I'd intended to stack the filled rectangles alternating directions, but in attempt to maximize the height I took a chance and placed four of the rectangles as pillars in a square. I then tried to reinforce them by placing rolled newspapers across the diagonals of the square. I then (because I was out of time, though still had half of my stack of newspapers) finalized my..."structure"by placing a flat section of newspaper across the top as a bit of a roof hoping to assist the structure in supporting the weight of the entire cinder block.
But alas...it did not work and my attempt was smushed by "the destroyer."
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