Instant Challenge #5 - One By Ten (Task-based)

Challenge: Build a structure that is as tall as possible without falling over.

Time: Your team will have five minutes to build your structure before entering the testing phase.

Procedure: Using only the materials provided, your team must build the tallest structure possible. You may alter of break the materials but each material may only be used once. In other works, if you break a materla in half, only one of the haloves may be used. When you have finished building the tallest structure, you will have 10 seconds to positiion it to stand as tall as possible. If the structure does not stand, your team will have 30 seconds to take off one of the materials and reposition the structure to stand for score. This procedure may be repeated until the structure stands for at least 10 seconds and can be scored.

Materials:
1 straw
1 strip of paper
1 mailing label
1 piece of ribbon
1 plastic bag
1 twist tie
1 paper clip
1 toothpick
1 piece of felt

Scoring: You will receive
A. 2 points for each full inch of structure
B. 2 points for each material used
C. Up to 20 points for teamwork