Earthquake Edition

With: George, Emma, and Isabel

Drawings of Your Teams Tower

Drawing of Original Design:

Drawing of a part of your tower that changed as you built it:

Drawing of a part of your tower that changed as you built it:

Final Info. on Your Teams Tower

Drawing of Final Design:

Challenges during building:

1.

Amount of string

2.

Amount of Tape

3.

Leaning

4.

Weakbody

Photo of you tower before shaking!

Aftermath Info. on Your Teams Tower

Drawing of your tower after E.Q.:

1. How many sand bags did it hold?

1 1/2
1.

What wave made your tower fall?

P-Wave, S-Wave, or Surface Wave?
Sandbag
1. What made it fall?
Putting the 2nd sandbag on

1. What could you have designed differently?

More middle strength

Alex, Caitlyn, and Tess

Drawing of Their Design Before E.Q.:

Observations Before Shaking:

Positives:
1.
2.

easy to build
used minimal sticks

Challenges:
1.
2.

used lots of toothpick

getting the platforms to stay

Drawing of their tower after. Label positives & challenges:

John, McKenzie, and Rithika

Drawing of Their Design Before E.Q.:

Observations Before Shaking:

Positives:
1.
2.

not many sticks

not many toothpicks

Challenges:
1.
2.

slants
skinny base and everything

Drawing of their tower after. Label positives & challenges:

Noah, Josh, Mathew

Drawing of Their Design Before E.Q.:

Observations Before Shaking:

Positives:
1.
2.

colorful
smart idea to split thing

Challenges:
1.
2.

lots of sticks
lots of extra time

Drawing of their tower after. Label positives & challenges:

Harun, Jad, and Jacob

Drawing of Their Design Before E.Q.:

Observations Before Shaking:

Positives:
1.
2.

Strong base
Lots of glue

Challenges:
1.
2.

lots of popsicle sticks

lots of sting

Drawing of their tower after. Label positives & challenges:

Mark, Jimmy, and Omar

Drawing of Their Design Before E.Q.:

Observations Before Shaking:

Positives:
1.
2.

Used lots of glue

Used lots of popsicle sticks

Challenges:
1.
2.

Leaning
Already broke

Drawing of their tower after. Label positives & challenges:

Oklahoma 3.0
It happened at 10:10 p.m.
Tectonic Plates moved
No major damage
Not very strong, only 3.0
This area is known for farming and ranching