Bp Challenge Marble Roll

Build a ramp for the marble to go up and back down again.

Bp challenge marble roll.

Teams of 3 or 4 participants design and build a marble run that keeps a marble rolling for the longest time. Inspire observation deductive reasoning logical thinking problem solving with a high quality marble run. Include a set amount of turns the marble must make before it reaches the finish line. A fun marble run stem unit that covers many parts of the australian curriculum s design and technologies year 3 4 and 5 6 strands.

Each team gets 10 paper tubes 2 cereal boxes 5 cups 1 pair of scissors 1 roll of tape and at least 1 marble. Lay one paper towel roll in front of you with the cut out end on the right. Once known as the bp technology challenge the bp challenge has strong links to new zealand s technology science and mathematics curriculum and other curriculum areas. Just prop up one end of a cookie sheet using a couple of building blocks or chapter books.

Design a device to roll and aim a marble. Create a tunnel or other feature the marble must travel through. Introduce the design challenge. A structured series of lessons for students to investigate design and create 3 different marble runs each with a specific purpose.

Bp challenge is a hands on competition where students work as a team using simple materials to solve problems. Cookie sheet marble run. When your child is finished decorating the tubes demonstrate how to put them together to make a simple marble run. Give teams 5 minutes to plan their marble run.

This challenge is super awesome for younger kids and it s fun to work on either alone or with a partner. Top notch marble runs are infused with the potential for speed and limitless innovations in marble run design. Here are some additional marble run challenges to try or elements to add. Take another tube and place the end that doesn t have the cut out in the first tube.

The set up for this challenge is so simple.