Marble Run Challenge

Lego marble run use lego bricks to create a marble run.

Marble run challenge. Finally a good way to use all of those old cereal boxes. Watch the video to see how dyson engineers have tackled the problem including an impressive run made from dyson parts. Mozilla game on 2010. Teams of 3 or 4 participants design and build a marble run that keeps a marble rolling for the longest time.

Lego duplo and pool noodle marble run. Challenge 03 marble run. This is an awesome engineering challenge and would be perfect for a lego club. If needed cut an entrance for your marble to enter at the top.

Lots of test runs to figure out where the marble gets stuck or falls off and plenty of tweaking to find ways to slow. Pool noodle marble run use either duplo or regular lego to build supports for a pool noodle marble run. The challenge use a cardboard box and cardboard struts to create a marble run. Can you build a run that keeps the marble going for at least a minute.

The marble must run for 60 seconds. Ages 10 as an independent project would be best to do in groups or ages 6 with adult help. Challenge 04 cardboard chair. Engineering home 04 the marble run challenge 04 1.

Now design the route your. 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. Every user built track that is added to the marble run increases the total length of the over all track. Paper cups make the perfect material for supporting the structure and they can be cut to any height.

Marble run 2 instructions introduce the design challenge. So many building possibilities here. Some good ideas are a cereal box or a shoe box lid but any piece of cardboard will do. Play dough cups and craft sticks.

This game was developed by students of the salzburg university of applied science for the game on 2010 challenge. Can you build a marble run with a play dough path. Each team gets 10 paper tubes 2 cereal boxes 5 cups 1 pair of scissors 1 roll of tape and at least 1 marble. 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.