Marble Maze Chalenge

A metal pan that can be held and manipulated a baking or pizza pan is great option.

Marble maze chalenge.

In this activity your child will create a marble maze out of large straws and other materials. Once students are done creating and testing it is fun to have them try out each other s creations. The challenge was a welcome back activity set for the boys in years 3 to 6 for their first cdt lessons this term. This challenge allows for open exploration time with the materials and then provides challenges for your child to complete based on how they respond to being able to first create a maze without restrictions.

Boys in years 3 and 4 created marble runs there are some very creative results. This post contains affiliate links. Are you ready to take on a fun stem challenge. We would love to see you try this stem challenge.

My boys decided to create a magnetic marble maze challenge using items we had on hand. Using simple household materials we want you to design a marble run that takes a minute to complete no more. This at home stem challenge teaches teamwork and problem solving using nothing more than cardboard rolls tape and a marble. This engineering activity is great for kids from kindergarten age up through 4th 5th and 6th grades.

This is a simple no prep activity that had them busy for an hour. Create a magnetic marble maze. They must follow all elements of a real design process including brainstorming blueprints prototypes tweaking and testing their designs. The boys in years 5 and 6 had to use their lego blocks in a different way to make a lego marble maze or labyrinth.

In this paper plate maze stem challenge kids are challenged to make a marble maze using household materials. For this magnetic maze activity you will need. This is a great activity to work as a team with siblings parents or friends when not social distancing to figure out a solution. Can you build a maze to successfully get a marble from start to finish.

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