Forces Experiment – Char's Blog

Purpose :

To design and build a structure at least 2 stories high. I will simulate natural phenomena to see if my structure can withhold it.

The natural phenomena I will simulate is…. Hail storm using golf balls

Hypothesis (What do we think will happen?):

I think that my structure would stand up because I used hot glue to secure the structure.

Materials (What do we need to conduct the experiment?)

Procedure (The steps we took to conduct the experiment from beginning to end)

I build the base first out of popsicle sticks
Then I build the walls with popsicles sticks and lego
Then I did the floor with clay – then removed it because I could hot glue the walls (Don’t hot glue clay – it melts!)
I took off the clay and added the cardboard as a floor
Then I reinforced the walls with cardboard
Finally I covered it in plastic.

Observations (What did we observe along the way? Record thoughts, sketches etc. here)

Conclusion

I learnt that you can hail out of gold balls!

Don’t make a house out of lego!

To build a strong house, I needed to hot glue the lego to reinforce it. My hot glued popsicle wall remained standing.