Numeracy

Family Maths Challenge

This week’s family maths challenge involves building a tower.

 

Eureka Challenge

This challenge encourages you and your family to think about geometry and about how different shapes create structure. Many structures are made from joining straight pieces together at different angles. By creating your own tower you and your family will learn about the interaction between height, weight, and stability. Build the tallest free-standing tower you can. How tall can you make your tower?

 

The Challenge

  1. Gather your construction team. You may want to involve a parent, grandparent, brothers or sisters.
  2. Collect as much paper as you like (think about using old newspapers or junk-mail – no cardboard).
  3. Find some sticky tape, scissors and a tape measure if you want to measure how tall your finished tower is.
  4. Clear some space, take as much time as you like, and using the paper, sticky tape and scissors start building.
  5. Grab a camera to capture images or video of your tower.

Reflect: what has building a tower taught you about the interaction between height, weight and stability?

 

Don’t forget to email some photos of your wonderful creations to me (ldrury@hfdoveton.catholic.edu.au) and I will add a few to the next newsletter!

 

Lea Drury

Mathematics Leader   

 

Activity source: The Victorian Maths Challenge http://vmc.global2.vic.edu.au/