Straw Structures

You will: build a tower capable of supporting as much weight as possible. The tower should also be as tall as possible.

You have 35 minutes.

You get: 60 straws and 2 glue sticks

Your tower must:
Be free-standing.
Have a minimum height of 40cm.
Be capable of supporting a minimum of 1 kg, from the highest point of the tower.
Support the mass for 10 seconds without failing
* ‘Radio antennae’ do not count towards height.

Your tower may not:
Be supported or attached to the table, chairs, the ground or anything else other than more straws
Shrink or compress under weight, unless the collapse is due to tower failure.
Be supported or balanced while adding weight. No team balancing permitted.

Your team will earn:
5 points for every 10cm over 50cm of tower height
10 points for every 200g over 1kg