Students work in teams of three or four to design, build, and test their own load bearing cantilever out of nothing but printing paper and masking tape. Each team will try and create the longest cantilever able to support the greatest mass. They will calculate a final score for their structure based on the mass it can support and the distance from the table at which it can support it.
Watch the video below for an introduction to facilitating this activity.
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