Maths Strand Creation Project

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On Thursday, which was yesterday, my school was creating a model only with toothpicks and Plasticine / Modelling clay. The ground material was cardboard. This task was a maths project, making a model of a tent. What we had to do was stick toothpicks with Plasticine to make a tent and also make sure it's stable. There were some challenges, especially when it came to cubes. But the fun factor was when pyramids made it stable. When I was doing that task I learnt a lot because one thing I learned is that it is difficult to put toothpicks inside Plasticine with a rather small volume, while on the other hand Plasticine big in size would shake the toothpicks which have a smaller density than the Plasticine. The shapes that I made were cubes and pyramids with bases square and triangular shaped. Plasticine was my problem because I fastened the toothpicks with Plasticine randomly big and small. It worked better when I used even amounts of Plasticine. Here are some photos to check out.

Reflection : Overall it feels like an outside experiment because it fits both indoors and outdoors. It's more like a challenge because clay / Plasticine / Modelling Clay is not a perfect fit to fixing toothpicks together. It's a bit like engineering, expect there are no blueprints. Unless it's in your head, sometimes making stuff is not as good as what you're thinking of.

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