In science our challenge was to create a structure that is strong enough to with hold an earthquake made from spaghetti and blue tack and only had a $60 budget. To be able to make a strong and sound structure we had to research what shapes were best at with holding earthquakes. We found out that the strongest shapes were hexagons because They cancel the lateral forces of seismic activities, triangles hey have fixed angles and don’t distort very easily and cross braces They provide necessary distribution of force to enable a building to safely move with vibrations. Cross braces also send vibrations back down the building often softening the force of the movement. This building uses the cross-brace structure making it more stable and stronger.This building has a triangular base which is very strong and due to the fixed angles, it should not collapse easily.

Each of our team members bought a different strength to our group which helped us succeed in making our structure. Phoebe and Kaiya were both really good at building the structures and figuring out how much of each thing we needed and were both patient when the structure wasn’t working. Sienna bought creativity to the group as she made most of the designs which is made made our structure strong. And each of us were good at problem solving when it came to an issue we had in the process.

Our project could have been improved if we didn’t focus on the height of the building as much as we did as we needed to make it a minimum of 60cm. We didn’t keep this mind and because we did it created a weakness point up the top and effected the strength of our tower when we tested it on the shake table.