Exhibit C, Unnatural Acts Involving Marshmallows

Item C1:

OMAHA PUBLIC SCHOOLS INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY COMPETITION DAY

Toothpick/Marshmallow Tower Competition

Team (2-4 members) Entry

TEAM LIMITATIONS:

Junior High Division

Senior High Division

PROBLEM:

Design and build the tallest tower with a base of five inches or less using marshmallows (small) and toothpicks that will stand for one minute at the end of the 25 minute building period.

TIME LIMITATIONS:

Tower must be constructed during a 25 minute time limit.

RULES, LIMITATIONS, AND SPECIFICATIONS:

Construct a tower using one sheet of paper with 5" X 5" base requirement marked, approximately 10 ounces of small marshmallows and 250 round toothpicks.

In addition:

1. No broken toothpicks may be used

2. Top layer of tower must have at least 3 toothpicks for support (single vertical toothpick not allowed on top layer)

3. Spacing of toothpicks is unlimited

4. Each toothpick may contain only four marshmallows

EVALUATION:

Awards will be given based on the following criteria:

1. At the end of the construction time (25 min.) all towers will be measured. The height of the tower will be scored as one point per inch.

2. Stability time requirement will start immediately after towers are measured. The length of time it stands up to 60 seconds will be scored as one point per second.

Example of scoring: Height 24 inches = 24 pts

Stability time 46 seconds = 46 pts

Total Points = 70 pts

MATERIALS:

To be provided: 250 round toothpicks, approximately 10 ounces of small marshmallows and one sheet of paper with 5" X 5" base requirement marked.

AWARDS:A Gold, Silver, and Bronze Medal with ribbon will be awarded to each individual member of the winning teams in each division.

(This item originally appeared at: http://www.esu19.k12.ne.us/voced/curr/cind/comp/tetower.html)

Item C2

How to Handle Stress: Jam tiny marshmallows up your nose and try to sneeze them out.

(This item originally appeared at: http://www.io.org/~michelbo/humour/stress.txt)

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