Marbles Slide Challenge 1

1 point if their solution is very consistent if you watch a student s solution it might not work perfectly because there is some variation depending on your screen size.

Marbles slide challenge 1. We start challenge 1 together. Each team gets 10 paper tubes 2 cereal boxes 5 cups 1 pair of scissors 1 roll of tape and at least 1 marble. Longest time before marble hits the ground. Almost 1 min 4 seconds.

This year i ll be teaching algebra 1 algebra 2 and calculus. I did marble slides with exponentials in my class. They had to graph exponentials by hand the night before for homework and struggled so i thought it would be a great opener for the class. Before students are let loose to work at their own pace or with a partner i ll point out 4 features.

In this delightful and challenging activity students will transform parabolas so that the marbles go through the stars. It s the only challenge worked on as a whole group. Introduce the design challenge. The kids loved it.

It s interesting how a majority of students who solved this challenge decided to split the pathway of the marbles with an upside down v made of 2 lines. And could help provide some extra challenge but it has far exceed my expectations for what it could be. Enjoy the videos and music you love upload original content and share it all with friends family and the world on youtube. Students will test their ideas by launching the marbles and will have a chance to revise before trying the next challenge.

2 extra points if they use only 1 equation. Setting up visual model i learned from experience that many students skim the percentages and start randomly placing marbles. 1 2 points if they have a particularly creative solution. Give teams 5 minutes to plan their marble run.

Some got 1 2x when trying to type 1 2x and a i showed some how to press arrow right after the fraction. Students will test their ideas by launching the marbles and will have a chance to revise before trying the next challenge. Great set up in low entry point and working its way up to attainable challenge problem. Teams of 3 or 4 participants design and build a marble run that keeps a marble rolling for the longest time.

Marble slow race gravity challenge for lakes magnet school. Some tips you can share. Love the success feedback on each slide.