Rubber Band String Cup Pyramid

Each piece of string should be approximately 2 feet 1 2 meter in length.

Rubber band string cup pyramid.

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. You could ask a team to build a pyramid with the cups so they know what the finished product should look like. Move the cups by using the grappler tool into a six pyramid shape figure 2. Explain that the object of the game is to use the cups to build a pyramid.

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. Add additional cups when the. 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.

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. If you want to turn it more into a stem activity you can let the kids figure out how to make the string tool with the rubber band and string pieces on their own.

1 rubber band a 2 to 3 foot piece of string for each team member 10 plastic cups. Instruct the group members to grab the cups with the open rubber band and stack the cups into a pyramid. The objective is to work as a team to open and close the rubber bands and move the cups into a pyramid position. You increase hand eye coordination when cup stacking and take.

The exercises may seem easy but the activities serve a purpose. Have the students all pull on the strings to demonstrate how the rubber band will open. 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. At each table put a rubber band and 6 plastic cups and one piece of string for each team member.