Command task 14: Tower challenge

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Equipment: Activity kit such as an MTa learning kit

Time: 15 minutes

Where: Indoors or a flat surface outdoors

Aim: Construct the highest possible free-standing tower

Benefits: Logic and engineering skills

Instructions: It doesn’t matter too much what equipment the cadets have, as long as each team has the same. The challenge is to build something self-supporting that doesn’t collapse under its own weight. The best teams work out that triangles are generally a strong shape to build into the base. If using MTa kits, cadets will also benefit from correctly using the locking plates to stop pieces sliding out of place.