Marshmallow Toothpick Towers
Nov. 2006 Contest
After the parts were prepared Tyler, Crystal, and Shelby allowed the marshmallows to dry and harden before assembling the sections.
The "steeple" finally reached 55 cm. Very stable at this point.
Preparing to stack the sections. Don't fall!
It is nice to have a helping hand, but eventually...
One layer at a time. Pizza, anyone?
2005 Contest
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Team Limitations - 3 members
Problem
Design and build the tallest tower with a base of five inches or lessusing marshmallows (small) and toothpicks (round) that will stand for
one minute at the end of the building period (or at some time in between)
Rules, Limitations, and Specifications
Construct a tower using one sheet of paper with a 5" X 5"
(13cm X 13cm) base requirement marked, apporoximately 10.5 ounces
of small marshmallows (Kraft Miniature Marshmallows, or Jiffy) and
250 round toothpicks (Forster, or Lady Dianne ).
1. No broken toothpicks may be used.
2. Top layer of tower must have at least 3 toothpicks for support.
3. Spacing of toothpicks is unlimited.
4. Each toothpick may contain only four marshmallows.
5. Toothpick box and marshmallow bag are not to be used as part of
the construction.
Scoring
1. During the construction time, at the behest of the teams, the tower(s) will be
measured. The height of the tower will be scored as one point per inch
(centimeter). The tower must stand at least 10 seconds to be measured.
2. Stability time requirement will start immediately after towers are measured.
The length of time it stands up to 60 seconds will be scored as one point per
second.
Example of scoring: Height 24 inches 24 points
Time 46 seconds 46 points
Total 70 points
Awards: 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place trophies for team members