Toothpick tower

At Childrens Emporium Pre-School, they did a fun STEM activity! They learned about giant buildings created by people such as skyscrapers and discussed how such buildings need to be built in certain

Making marshmallow and toothpick sculptures is a fun (and yummy!) construction project for kids of all ages!

A 28" tower carefully constructed of popsicle sticks for a college design competition. Held 10,000+ pounds!

You know what I love even more than when an activity goes exactly as planned? When my kids take the lesson even further than I'd dreamed. That sends this deceptively educational mom over the moon! This simple engineering activity is a perfect example. I got the idea from a local STEM event eons ago, that provided kids with mostly edible building supplies and asked them to build and evaluate which shapes created the strongest, most stable structure. On the table were gumdrops, marshmallows…

The popsicle stick creations of NDSU architecture students scrape the sky in the Museum atrium. On display April 7 - 12.

Making fractals from marshmallows and toothpicks.

Eiffel Tower out of toothpicks!

Hi! I am Faith from 1st Grade Fantabulous! One of my best blogging buddies is your friend Jessica. She asked me if I would like to do a guest blog and I told her I would. The only problem is what in the world do you blog about in the summer?

Master the art of building a REALLY tall spaghetti and marshmallow tower. Here’s some tips on how you can build a science prize winning spaghetti and marshmallow tower.

Build Rainbow marshmallow toothpick structures - a lesson in math and fine motor skills AND PATIENCE!

This toothpick towers challenge, with only two materials, is the best ever. Yes, you have heard me say that many times, but this time I mean it. It is fun. It is hard. Really hard. And the kids want it to work so much. They persevere. They start over. They never give up.

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Marshmallow house

Middle school students construct towers from toothpicks and marshmallows. Then they shake them like an earthquake to test their stability.

Spaghetti and Marshmallow tower: A variation on the Marshmallow Challenge, where this time marshmallows can be used to form part of the structure. Build the highest, free-standing structure possible out of 30 marshmallows and 20 pieces of raw spaghetti. (For extra challenge: The structure must s