STEM Skills Challenge- Plastic Cup Pyramid

In aiming to provide students with engaging STEM challenges that push the envelope on developing students' critical thinking skills, this series also aims to develop the STEM skills that employers seek in the workforce.

This week's challenge is the Plastic Cup Pyramid.  Using a rubber band and some string, students will fashion an apparatus that will transfer plastic cups from their current configuration into a pyramid.   This is a great challenge to build communication and teamwork skills. For teams that finish early, reverse the challenge and have students complete it without talking. Now that's a challenge!

STEM Skills Challenge Handout: Plastic Cup Pyramid