Crazy Straws in Science
At SJHS the eighth graders made straw towers in their science class towards the end of March. The purpose of this experiment was to learn about Newton’s Law of Gravity. Some of the requirements of this project were that students could only use 20 straws, 33 centimeters of tape, and the towers had to be able to hold 20 grams of mass for at least 10 seconds. The towers also had to be free-standing, which means students couldn’t hold on to it at all. According to Chris Webber, an eighth grader at SJHS, almost everyone’s was a 3D triangle. Chris Webber also said “One of the challenges I faced was running out of tape definitely; it was hard not to run out of tape.”