Welcome back to another Super Hero Blog post!! Today we were testing out columns and strength. We made walls as well as columns! The columns we made were triangular and circular ones. The walls we tried first and even with one rock it didn't work!Next we tried the triangular ones and it worked with two rocks. then we used the circular columns. This column was the strongest because it could hold two food cans, (with food in it) and two rocks!!
Here are some videos showing you which ones are stronger and weaker:
This is the weight of the Circular Columns:
This is the Circular Column:
This is the Triangular Column:
hope you enjoyed today's post!
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Kia ora Maddison
ReplyDeleteBenjamin here again
This is really cool! Engineering fascinates me (and architecture too). Was it explained in the Nanogirl video why the circles are stronger than the triangles? I would have thought it would be the other way around to be honest. Then again, when thinking about old Greek architecture, they did always use circular columns so it makes sense.
Thanks for all your awesome work Maddison!
Mā te wā
Benjamin
Hi Benjamin,
DeleteHappy New Year. No it didn't explain why they were stronger. I enjoyed finding out which ones worked. It was lots of fun.
Maddison.
Hey Maddison,
ReplyDeleteThis was a great blog. I was fascinated by this post, as did Benjamin, I thought the triangle posts would have held more weight. Having more sides to bear the weight instead of just one, like the circle.
I like how you did the comparison videos showing the different columns and the different weights you had on them.
Great blog
Mum
Hi Mum,
DeleteThanks for your comments,
Maddison
Kia ora Maddison,
ReplyDeleteYou have done an outstanding job testing the strength of the different columns! I really like the way you have incorporated a video for each different column you were testing, and think it is great how you used multiple objects (such as cans and rocks) to test the strength of each one.
Personally, I thought the triangular columns would have held much more weight than the circular ones. I was extremely surprised by the results your video’s gave, and couldn’t believe how the circular columns were able to hold not only 2 full cans, but 2 rocks as well!
Did you test any other objects on the circular columns?
If so, what other objects did you test out on them, and were they able to hold the weight of these objects?
After reading through your blogpost, I’m sitting here questioning whether rectangular columns would be as strong as circular columns.
It would be awesome if you could reply to this comment and let me know what your thoughts are on this, and whether or not you have attempted to make rectangular columns before!
Keep up the fantastic blogging Maddison, you’re doing a great job!
Nga mihi
Shannon (SLJ)