How to build a pyramid for school

A friend asked me if I could gather some ideas for the unit she was about to do on the ancient Egyptians. I enjoyed it so much (I know I’m weird 😂) I thought I would share it incase it’…

Cultures throughout much of history built pyramids. Because of this, most children learn about pyramids several times over the course of their school years. A popular school project is for students to make model pyramids of their own. Making a realistic pyramid model for a class project can be easy and inexpensive.

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Do you have an assignment to make a model of an Egyptian pyramid? It's a fun school project that can be approached in a variety of ways. Though there are lots of methods out there, you can easily make a realistic-looking pyramid out of...

Cultures throughout much of history built pyramids. Because of this, most children learn about pyramids several times over the course of their school years. A popular school project is for students to make model pyramids of their own. Making a realistic pyramid model for a class project can be easy and inexpensive.

Students will have many opportunities to learn about ancient Egyptian culture throughout their time in school. A day will come sometime in middle school when they have the assignment to re-create an ancient Egyptian structure. Middle school is the convergence of math and history that makes a project like this valuable.

This experiment is all about making a marshmallow pyramid, whilst learning about the pyramids, engineering, and geometry! Click through to our website for a kit list, method steps, curriculum links, and a video guide! We used this activity for our 'Ancient Egypt' theme on Let's Go Live (our live family science show on YouTube). #education #science #scienceforkids #engineering #invention #scienceactivityforkids #ancientegypt #pyramid #marshamallowpyramid

I love subjects that are equally awe inspiring to grown-ups and kids alike... like Egyptian architecture.

Mayan pyramids, as opposed to the relatively smooth Egyptian pyramids, have a stair-like shape that lends itself well to replication with sugar cubes.