CHUCK KIRMAN/THE STAR Students participate in the marshmallow challenge during STEMposium 2016 at University Preparation Charter School at CSU Channel Islands. Students built towers using dry ...

This fun activity includes materials like uncooked spaghetti, masking tape, a string, and several marshmallows. The aim is to divide everyone into teams and see which team can build the tallest tower ...

The materials were strands of uncooked spaghetti, marshmallows and masking tape. The assignment for the 20 or so soon-to-be fourth-graders, in teams of three, was to design and build as tall a ...

Those who build a tower of pasta and marshmallows can expect a little sway. “It’s hard because the marshmallows don’t hold and the spaghetti sticks are not all the same size,” said James Gross, a ...

The engineering aspect allowed the students to build a tower made out of spaghetti, masking tape and string, there was fierce competition who could create the highest tower. The programming section ...