STEM Series Class 2: Index Card Bridge Challenge and Marble Maze Challenge

STEM SERIES CLASS 2: INDEX CARD BRIDGE CHALLENGE & MARBLE MAZE CHALLENGE

Description: Marble Maze - Participants will be placed in groups of 2-3. Each group is to design a track for a marble to travel on. Each group will only be given 1 piece of cardboard and a box cutter. The goal is for their groups marble to be traveling the LONGEST amount of TIME possible. On test day, the instructor will drop a marble in the track and then the marble will be timed with a stopwatch. The marble must be always moving and cannot stop. Once the marble stops rolling, the stopwatch will stop and that will be that groups time.

Index Card Bridge - Participants will be put into groups of 2-3. Each group must design and construct a bridge made from index cards. The goal is to design a bridge that can hold the greatest amount of weight without collapsing. On test day, the instructor will add small weights to the center of the bridge until the bridge collapses. Whatever amount of weight was on the bridge at the time of collapse is the weight that will count for that group. The group whose bridge holds the most weight will win.

When: 1/15, 1/22, 1/29, 2/5

Time: 2:00-2:45pm

Who: 4-6th Grade (maximum of 15, minimum of 4)

Price: $110

Host or Publisher Five Points Washington