Bp Challenge Marble Roll

Turn the tube so that the cut out square is on the top.

Bp challenge marble roll.

Design a device to roll and aim a marble. Add in a door for the marble to roll through. Lay one paper towel roll in front of you with the cut out end on the right. 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. Teams of 3 or 4 participants design and build a marble run that keeps a marble rolling for the longest time. A structured series of lessons for students to investigate design and create 3 different marble runs each with a specific purpose. Just prop up one end of a cookie sheet using a couple of building blocks or chapter books.

Build a ramp for the marble to go up and back down again. 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. Built piece by piece these simple structures become impressive transport for learning. Bp challenge is a hands on competition where students work as a team using simple materials to solve problems.

Each team gets 10 paper tubes 2 cereal boxes 5 cups 1 pair of scissors 1 roll of tape and at least 1 marble. Here are some additional marble run challenges to try or elements to add. Cookie sheet marble run. The set up for this challenge is so simple.

Top notch marble runs are infused with the potential for speed and limitless innovations in marble run design. 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. Create a tunnel or other feature the marble must travel through. Introduce the design challenge.

Give teams 5 minutes to plan their marble run.