Geodesic Gumdrop Dome: Weekly Science Activity

By Amy Cowen on May 30, 2014 8:00 AM
Make and explore the geodesic dome with one made from gumdrops and toothpicks science experiment / Hand-on STEM experiment

In this week's spotlight: a civil engineering family science experiment that guides students in building a simple geodesic dome from candies and toothpicks (or tubes made from newspaper) and then exploring the shape. How strong is a geodesic dome? How much weight can it hold? Where in nature and architecture can you find examples of dome shapes?


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