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Paper Chain STEM Challenge
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Paper Chain STEM Challenge
🔗 Part 1: Design Planning
1. What is your challenge?
Make the strongest paper chain
Make the longest paper chain using one sheet of A4 paper
Make the most colourful paper chain
2. What factors might affect the length of your paper chain? (Check all that apply)
Width of each strip
Shape of the links
How you cut the paper
Colour of the paper
3. Draw your design idea below. Label the dimensions you plan to use:
4. Estimate how long you think your paper chain will be:
My estimate: _______ centimetres
📏 Part 2: Testing and Results
5. Record your measurements:
Width of each strip: _______ cm
Length of each strip: _______ cm
Number of links made: _______
Total length of chain: _______ cm
6. How did your actual result compare to your estimate?
Much longer than expected
Close to my estimate
Much shorter than expected
7. What worked well in your design?
8. If you could try again, what would you change to make your chain longer?
🧠 Part 3: Reflection
9. What was the most challenging part of this activity?
Cutting the paper accurately
Planning the right strip size
Joining the links together
Measuring the final length
10. How did measurement help you in this challenge?
11. Describe one strategy that another student used that you found interesting:
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