Spaghetti and Marshmallow Activity

We were given spaghetti, string, tape, and a marshmallow for this activity. And with that we were instructed to build a structure where the marshmallow stood at the top. At first, my group was conflicted as to how we were going to build such a structure that wouldn't fall apart knowing how fragile the spaghetti was. We figured out that we could just stick the spaghetti in the marshmallow and somehow make it stand. We got it to stand for a bit but then Ms. B came around to my group and said that we still had plenty of time left to make it even taller. We then collaborated and put a little more thought into it and taped it to the desk and somehow it managed to stand. In this activity, I learned that we have to put thought and effort into our work and use our creativity. All in all, our structure ended up being 18 inches and it was one of the tallest ones.