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Grade Level:  Elementary School, 1st-6th

Related classroom topics:  Civil Engineering, Force

Hints/Tips:  To make newspaper strong enough to stand up try changing its shape by rolling it into a tube, crumpling it, or using folds.  Also, create a steady wide base at the bottom to distribute the forces.

Experiment Submitter:  Zoom from pbskids.org/zoom

 

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