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This document describes a team building activity called "Tower of Power" where participants work together in groups to build a tower out of scrap paper that can hold a 1 meter artifact for at least 10 seconds. The activity aims to improve teamwork and collaboration skills. It outlines the requirements of the challenge and prompts participants to discuss how they worked together and how their design could be improved.

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Introduction Without Video

This document describes a team building activity called "Tower of Power" where participants work together in groups to build a tower out of scrap paper that can hold a 1 meter artifact for at least 10 seconds. The activity aims to improve teamwork and collaboration skills. It outlines the requirements of the challenge and prompts participants to discuss how they worked together and how their design could be improved.

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Team Building Activity

TOWER OF POWER

Coming together is the


beginning, staying together is
progress, and working together
is success.
- HENRY FORD

In the 21st century it is very important that people know


how to work in groups. Many careers require excellent
teamwork skills and the ability to collaborate with others!
Sometimes, in real life you may be working with someone
that you do not like BUT you still have to learn how to work
efficiently with them.

The Challenge:
REQUIREMENTS:

You work for the Vancouver


Museum of Science and
have been asked to design
a tower that will display an
ancient artifact that must
be 1 metre tall when sitting
on a table.
You will have 50 pieces of
scrap paper to build a
prototype of the tower.

THE TOWER MUST HOLD


THE WEIGHT OF THE
ARTIFACT FOR AT LEAST
10 SECONDS

NO TAPE/GLUE/SCISSORS
ALLOWED

YOU HAVE 15 MINUTES


TO COMPLETE THE
CHALLENGE

ANY QUESTIONS?!

How did you work together to


develop your design?
How would you modify or change
your design?
Which designs were the most
successful? Why?

FORCES and NEWTONS


LAWS
INTRODUCTION

Introduction:

SO FAR WE HAVE MADE A THOROUGH STUDY


ABOUT MOTION, BUT WE HAVE AVOIDED
EXPLAINING MOTION IN TERMS OF CAUSE

WHAT DO YOU THINK CAUSES THINGS TO


MOVE?

What does force mean to you?

Definition:
A PUSH OR A PULL.

Tacoma Bridge Collapse


Take

out a piece of paper

Take

notes about what you see in the video


about the Tacoma Bridge Collapse (keep in
mind that we are beginning to look at forces)

You

will be using this information, so make


sure that you put effort into your observations

Forces Journal:
In your journal, you will be writing about your ideas about
forces as we go through this unit.
What makes a good journal?
Creative Images
Content - Explanations - Vocabulary
Realistic - True
Original
Completed - dates
Organized

Your Task:
In your journal, write at least 1 paragraph about why you
think the Tacoma Bridge collapsed.
- Relate your ideas to force
- What do you think would of made the bridge more
stable? Explain.
- There is no right or wrong answer to this but please
make sure you back up your ideas

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