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Tower Building Challenge- Budgeting

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In this tower building and budgeting worksheet, learners attempt to meet the goal of building the tallest free standing structure on the smallest budget. They build the structures with straw, paper clips, and masking tape which all have a given price which they insert on the record keeping sheet.. They complete follow up questions for homework.

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budgeting

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budgets, tower building, math
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5th - 8th
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Math
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