STEAM Challenge Friday – Heart Cup Tower
Heart Cup Tower
Build heart-shaped towers using red cups and sturdy cardboard as the base. Start by planning your design—will your heart be wide and short or tall and narrow? Carefully stack the cups to form the heart shape, making sure each layer is balanced and secure.
Materials:
-Red solo cups
-Cardboard cut into strips
Simply use the suggested materials to build your very own heart tower!
Bonus Challenges to Try:
- Tall Tower Challenge: How tall can you make your heart tower before it topples over?
- Stability Test: Gently tap the table—does your tower stay standing?
- Speed Challenge: Can you build your heart in under 2 minutes?
- Design Upgrade: Add decorations with markers, stickers, or paper hearts.
- Team Build: Work with a partner—one person stacks while the other checks balance.
- Math Moment: Count how many cups you used and compare designs with others.
- Creative Twist: Can you build two hearts stacked on top of each other?
Encourage your little engineer to test, adjust, and rebuild as they go. Talk about what worked, what didn’t, and how small changes can make a big difference in their design. Most importantly—have fun experimenting and creating!
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