Newspaper Structures

 

Newspaper may not appear to be very strong, and individual sheets of newspaper can tear quite easily, but if you take many sheets of newspaper or even a whole newspaper and try and tear it you will find it a lot stronger.

If you roll up multiple sheets of newspaper into a tube and tape this together you have a strong shape which you can use as the base for building your newspaper structure

There are lots of different structures that you may like to try and build with your newspapers, you may want to try and build a tall tower. You may like to attempt to build a table or a chair or something similar and see if it can hold the weight of a book without collapsing. Or you may have your own idea of what you would like to build.

Remember when you are building your newspaper structure to think about what shapes you are using. You will want to use strong shapes to make your structure strong and ensure it doesn’t collapse or fall over. 

The video tutorial for this activity can be found on the Surrey Libraries Facebook Page or the Surrey Libraries YouTube Channel