Marble Run Challenge

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Marble run challenge.

Can you build a run that keeps the marble going for at least a minute. If needed cut an entrance for your marble to enter at the top. Can you build a marble run with a play dough path. Find something to act as a backboard for your marble run this can be as big or small as you would like.

This game was developed by students of the salzburg university of applied science for the game on 2010 challenge. Lots of test runs to figure out where the marble gets stuck or falls off and plenty of tweaking to find ways to slow. Teams of 3 or 4 participants design and build a marble run that keeps a marble rolling for the longest time. Engineering home 04 the marble run challenge 04 1.

This is an awesome engineering challenge and would be perfect for a lego club. Some good ideas are a cereal box or a shoe box lid but any piece of cardboard will do. The challenge use a cardboard box and cardboard struts to create a marble run. As the marble starts to move and the energy changes from gravitational energy to kinetic energy the distance the marble travels will depend on the design of the ramp and the friction involved.

Challenge 03 marble run. Challenge 04 cardboard chair. Creating and debugging a marble run is really fun. The gravitational energy in the marble will depend on the height of the starting point of the marble run and the size of the marble.

Mozilla game on 2010. Paper cups make the perfect material for supporting the structure and they can be cut to any height. Each team gets 10 paper tubes 2 cereal boxes 5 cups 1 pair of scissors 1 roll of tape and at least 1 marble. So many building possibilities here.

Pool noodle marble run use either duplo or regular lego to build supports for a pool noodle marble run. Watch the video to see how dyson engineers have tackled the problem including an impressive run made from dyson parts. Finally a good way to use all of those old cereal boxes. Ages 10 as an independent project would be best to do in groups or ages 6 with adult help.

With increasing length more and more special bricks get unlocked to allow you to build even more tracks. The marble must run for 60 seconds. Play dough cups and craft sticks. Lego duplo and pool noodle marble run.