IN CLASS Earthquake

Students will participate in an IN CLASS earthquake project. They will be in groups of 3-4. The goal is to construct an earthquake strong structure. Here are the guidelines:

• Each group must hand in a blue print of their building design.
  
• Each group will be given 70 popsicle sticks to begin. They will be given sticks in increments of 10.
  
• Each structure needs to be atleast 26 inches at the tallest point.
  
• Each structure needs to have a platform for the container of rocks to rest during the test. The platform must be off the ground at a minimum of 5 inches.
• Each structure will be tested under the stress of an earthquake for a duration of 1 min.

We will work on the project on Monday and Tuesday. Testing will be on Wednesday.