Teams of 3 or 4 participants design and build a marble run that keeps a marble rolling for the longest time.
Marble run worksheet.
In this tutorial your students or you will start with 4 bases 4 middle pieces and 4 tops for the marble run.
Mix and match pieces.
Show the class an example of a marble run and go over the worksheet together.
Let s explore how the gravitational energy of a marble changes to kinetic energy as it travels down a cardboard track.
Energy is everywhere and it changes from one form to another.
Then you will learn.
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Each team gets 10 paper tubes 2 cereal boxes 5 cups 1 pair of scissors 1 roll of tape and at least 1 marble.
Marble run worksheets for each group.
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Use these activity sheets to support the design process of creating a marble run.
You can pick and choose which ones you would like to print.
Create your very own 3d printable marble run.
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Marble run 2 instructions introduce the design challenge.