Tallest+Tower+Competition

A list of the World's tallest towers:
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Top 10 Tallest Towers in the world:
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More on Burj Dubai: (Really big things)
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Tall Tower 2013: this one is planned to be built in China and it will be bigger than the famous Dubai tall tower!
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The challenge is for your team to build the tallest free standing tower using limited resources: only 20 sheets of paper!!!!! (that's it - no adhesives, no fasteners, etc...just 20 pieces of paper) duirng our science block. The tower must be able to stand for at least 10 seconds

1) How can you get a sheet of paper to stand up? 2) What are some ways that you can join the paper together? 3) How can you keep your tower from tipping over?

Team skills you will need:

 * Patience during construction
 * Foresight
 * Creativity
 * **Planning**
 * Time management
 * **Management of working groups**
 * Design