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Rising seventh-grader, Sam, rotates the testing wheel, increasing force through until tower failure. During Quantico’s Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Academy students were challenged to construct the lightest tower that can support the most weight possible. The tower displayed here, weighed 38 grams and supported 107 kilograms of pressure before collapsing.
120615-M-0000J-001.jpg Photo By: Ameesha Felton (Quantico Sentry)

Jun 15, 2012
Rising seventh-grader, Sam, rotates the testing wheel, increasing force through until tower failure. During Quantico’s Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Academy students were challenged to construct the lightest tower that can support the most weight possible. The tower displayed here, weighed 38 grams and supported 107 kilograms of pressure before collapsing.


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