{"id":382,"date":"2023-11-14T04:25:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-14T04:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/methodfamily.com\/makerlabs\/?p=382"},"modified":"2023-11-18T06:51:36","modified_gmt":"2023-11-18T06:51:36","slug":"earthquake-towers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/methodfamily.com\/makerlabs\/earthquake-towers\/","title":{"rendered":"Earthquake Towers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p id=\"viewer-fe526\">Do you have spaghetti and marshmallows lying around in your kitchen? With these simple supplies you can build out a tower resilient to shaking and earthquakes! This activity is great for all ages, lots of fun, and easy to clean (as long as you don\u2019t mind having a tasty snack)!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"viewer-pjy96300\">Supplies:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Spaghetti or Tooth Picks<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Marshmallows or Jelly Beans<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"viewer-a7zor311\">Directions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"viewer-twfv4315\">Step 1: Connect pieces of spaghetti by sticking them into marshmallows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"viewer-o3gcg317\">Step 2: Build out a tower one shape at a time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"viewer-pi78y319\">Step 3: Try out different shapes (triangles, cubes, crosses). See how high you can build!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"viewer-ux260321\">Step 4: Test out resilience of structures by shaking tables.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"viewer-caso8325\">Learning Benefits<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"viewer-139ys327\">Makers can make sturdy structures and discover which shapes work best through fun hands-on learning. With Earthquake Towers kids can physically feel and see the basics of architecture and design, trying out different shapes and builds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"viewer-ni6v2331\">Earthquake Towers are also great for all ages since it allows kids to build what they want. They can build their towers as large and complex as they like!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"viewer-j0fvc335\">Kids can work with friends to learn and grow teamwork skills!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"viewer-cbdob339\">Maker Fun Fact!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"viewer-e804c341\">Triangles are a very important shape in structural design. They are often regarded as the strongest shape because of how they distribute force. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/letstalkscience.ca\/educational-resources\/backgrounders\/why-a-triangle-a-strong-shape\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><u>Learn more!<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you have spaghetti and marshmallows lying around in your kitchen? With these simple supplies you can build out a tower resilient to shaking and earthquakes!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":384,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/methodfamily.com\/makerlabs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/methodfamily.com\/makerlabs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/methodfamily.com\/makerlabs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/methodfamily.com\/makerlabs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/methodfamily.com\/makerlabs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=382"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/methodfamily.com\/makerlabs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":470,"href":"https:\/\/methodfamily.com\/makerlabs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382\/revisions\/470"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/methodfamily.com\/makerlabs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/methodfamily.com\/makerlabs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/methodfamily.com\/makerlabs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/methodfamily.com\/makerlabs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}