Marble Challenge
By Quinn, Lauren, Corin, and Connor
Design Build Challenge #2
Release a marble onto a freestanding contraption of our own design located at the edge of our desk.
Materials
- 14 straws
- 10 toothpicks
- 3 paper cups
- 3 feet of masking tape
- 1 round marble
Goal:
- Build a "structure" starting at the edge of the desk
- Use "structure" to make a marble to end up in a cup on the floor
- Make the structure go as far as possible from the desk (used to determine score)
Rules:
- Limited to given materials
- Marble must end up in a cup positioned on the floor
Results:
- Team Team created a structure that went 4 and 2/3 tiles
- The marble made it into the cup and stayed in
- We scored 1 point after ranking 1st place against other groups
Our design:
- Placed two straws next to each other and tape them together on only one side
- Tape the seven pairs together again only on one side
- To make a more stable track for the marble we place a toothpick in between the straws at each place the seven pair were connected
- Tape the three cups together bottom to bottom and then top to top
- Cut the bottom out of the first two cups
- Stick the 3 remaining toothpicks in the side of the first cup forming a tripod
- Lastly tape the straws underneath the edge of the table and the cups to the floor
Clean-up Time!
