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Family Fun – Cup Stacking Challenge

Family Fun – Cup Stacking Challenge

Follow FizzicsEd 150 Science Experiments:

You will need

  • 10 plastic cups per person
  • Optional –  A leaderboard, pen and a stopwatch

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A man stacking red cups in a pyramid
1 10 red cups stacking into a pyramid of 4 levels

The challenge

  1. Start with a pyramid stack of cups as shown for each contestant.
  2. Bring the cups all together in one stack
  3. Stack the cups back into the pyramid as shown in the shortest amount of time!
2 Hot or cold water freezing speed science experiment - stopwatch

Have a stopwatch ready to record the cup stacker’s time!

Who has the fastest time?

3 Student using the gyroscope
4 Teacher showing how to do an experiment outside to a group of kids.

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– Help students learn how science really works

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5 A man holding a skull next to a human body model

Get the Unit of Work on the human body here!

  • Learn about the major body systems
  • Dive into the five senses
  • How does digestion, respiration, circulation and many other processes work and more!

Includes cross-curricular teaching ideas, student quizzes, a sample marking rubric, scope & sequences & more

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Why is this science?

Family fun – the cup stacking challenge! from Fizzics Education on Vimeo.

On average, the average human reaction time is 0.20 and 0.035 seconds, depending on which journal article you read. Not only do you have to contend with having fast reaction time, you also need to have awesome hand to eye coordination as well as high concentration skills to be the winner of this competition!

Variables to try

  • Try different size cups.
  • try different materials of cups
  • Try different numbers of cups

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Learn more!

Teaching about the human body? From 5 senses to the skeletal system, the Human Body workshop has you covered!
Get in touch with FizzicsEd to find out how we can work with your class.

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