Rubber Band String Cup Pyramid

Instead of just asking students to build a pyramid they receive a series of challenges to work through.

Rubber band string cup pyramid. At each table put a rubber band and 6 plastic cups and one piece of string for each team member. Create a grappler tool with the string and rubber band this will move the cups. The exercises may seem easy but the activities serve a purpose. If you want to turn it more into a stem activity you can let the kids figure out how to make the string tool with the rubber band and string pieces on their own.

Add additional cups when the. Have group members each choose 1 string to be in charge of if there is an extra a person will have to be in charge of 2. Have the students all pull on the strings to demonstrate how the rubber band will open. Move the cups by using the grappler tool into a six pyramid shape figure 2.

Explain the goal of the activity is to make a tool with the strings and the rubber band to stack the cups into a pyramid shape. After the pyramid is complete teams raise their hands in the air and give a shout. You increase hand eye coordination when cup stacking and take. This post also includes a discussion of actionable norms and complex instruction.

Tell students that they will work in groups to construct a pyramid out of the plastic cups. Each piece of string should be approximately 2 feet 1 2 meter in length. Work together as a team to build a pyramid of plastic cups without using your hands or any other part of the body to move the cups. The objective is to work as a team to open and close the rubber bands and move the cups into a pyramid position.

Instruct the group members to grab the cups with the open rubber band and stack the cups into a pyramid. Stacking cups using a rubber band pieces of string and a group of teammates to practice working collaboratively and communicating productively in a team. You could ask a team to build a pyramid with the cups so they know what the finished product should look like. Explain that the object of the game is to use the cups to build a pyramid.