Yesterday 2nd and 3rd class faced the challenge of designing and making a pair of platforms for their shoes made from paper alone (and some selotape of course). To make this as fair of a test as possible, we began by limiting our efforts to just using 2 sheets of paper but we soon found that that would not be enough.

We discussed different 3-D shapes and which shapes are the strongest. We concluded that cylindrical rods were a strong shape to support someones weight with using paper alone. We also had a discussion about how our weights could effect the trial of our boots.

The predominant design was a cylindrical cog and we found that we needed to have these cogs placed closely together and taped strongly in place in order to work. If there was one weak cog in the boot, the whole lot came towering down when we tried to stand. Our work from day one resulted in no successes, but we are determined to continue working on this until we are succeed. This has by far been the most challenging project yet.