Rubber Band String Cup Pyramid

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.

Rubber band string cup pyramid.

You increase hand eye coordination when cup stacking and take. Explain that the object of the game is to use the cups to build a pyramid. Each piece of string should be approximately 2 feet 1 2 meter in length. Place the cups in three stacks figure 1.

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. The objective is to work as a team to open and close the rubber bands and move the cups into a pyramid position. The group pulls its string to open the rubber band large enough to fit around the plastic cups.

Instead of just asking students to build a pyramid they receive a series of challenges to work through. This post also includes a discussion of actionable norms and complex instruction. At each table put a rubber band and 6 plastic cups and one piece of string for each team member. Add additional cups when the.

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. 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. Tell students that they will work in groups to construct a pyramid out of the plastic cups. Stacking cups using a rubber band pieces of string and a group of teammates to practice working collaboratively and communicating productively in a team.

Create a grappler tool with the string and rubber band this will move the cups. After the pyramid is complete teams raise their hands in the air and give a shout. The exercises may seem easy but the activities serve a purpose. Instruct the group members to grab the cups with the open rubber band and stack the cups into a pyramid.