Marble Run Stem Project

Make sure that your magnets are strong enough to handle the weight of the components.

Marble run stem project.

We recently learned about stem challenges from the james dyson foundation. Middle school science stem challenge marble madness included in every stem challenge the stem challenges are comprehensive resources that provide the teacher the confidence to run a smooth and efficient lesson. In general i prefer to make homemade play dough. Do you think your marble will make it to the end of the track.

For each challenge a challenge card with the rules and instructions is supplied. This keeps everyone occupied even the adults on an indoor day. This is an awesome engineering challenge and would be perfect for a lego club. In this activity you will use recyclable materials to make your own wall marble run.

You ll be creating a homemade marble run and exploring what happens to the marble as you make changes to the track. Our cardboard tube marble run is the perfect reusable stem project made new each time it s put together. The slideshow presentation ppt and keynote allows the teacher to facilitate the pacing throughout the project. A marble run is a fun toy and a great way to learn about physics concepts like kinetic and potential energy.

You ll need 4 5 cans per marble run so if you re doing this with a stem club or class you may want to make your own play dough to save money. Just like a roller coaster. Building a cardboard chair a spaghetti bridge a cardboard boat a marble run a balloon car and a periscope. For this project however i think that store bought works slightly better because it s a little more firm.

This week we took on 6 of these challenges. It s similar to how a roller coaster works. Changeable magnetic marble run use pvc pipe clear tubing craft sticks and magnets to create components for a changeable magnetic marble run. Create a homemade marble run buggy and buddy explore physics by creating a homemade marble run at home and exploring what happens to the marble as you make changes to the track.

That would be pretty cool.