Building

Science experiment, or snack time? Maybe a bit of both. In order to test if triangles are a stronger more sturdy structure than squares we built a tower out of squares using marshmallows and tooth picks.  The structure we constructed wasn't very sturdy, and twisted easily. We didn't get it to stand up.  Then we took spaghetti and reimbursed the square shaped tower, and made it into triangle shapes. The tower was strengthened and we were able to stand it up and hold a toy car on top.
Our conclusion was that triangles are indeed a stronger structure than squares.