Marble Maze Junkyard Wars

Points will be awarded for different design elements such as ramps hills spirals and loops.

Marble maze junkyard wars.

Magnificent marble maze build a marble maze that will result in the longest run time. While studying the laws of motion we create these mazes with the objective of having the slowest maze. Super slingers create a device that will launch a projectile bouncy ball or large marshmallow at a target to earn. The junk box wars projects are modeled after the junkyard wars tv show that aired on the learning channel network.

A show in which each week two rival teams are given the task of building some kind of machine in one day using only the items found in an unusually well stocked scrapyard. This stem project encourages teamwork as students utilize the engineering design process to design build test and re engineer a marble maze created with limited materials. Each group is given a box or bag with the same materials and each team has the same time to design the best possible maze that will allow a standard marble to make the longest possible run. In fact they would go great together.

This is a video of our 6th grade marble mazes. Be sure to check out the junk box wars resources section for other project materials. Zone build a parachute that will help an egg land safely on a target or magnificent marble maze build a marble maze that will result in the longest run time. These incredible stormtrooper stoneworks faux marble bookends are like the darth vader marble bookends we recently covered.

The junk box wars projects are modeled after the junkyard wars tv show that aired on the learning channel network. Junkyard wars is an annual theta tau tradition in which students compete in teams to build complex machines that perform simple tasks out of craft supplies said connor whitley the event organizer and a junior aerospace engineering and materials engineering double major. Editorial reviews highly original with humor and adventure readers will fall in love with jed james dashner author of the 1 new york times bestselling maze runner series jed and the junkyard war will excite readers with its fast pace quirky characters and wacky world building brandon sanderson author of the 1 new york times bestselling the reckoners series. Zone build a parachute that will help an egg land safely on a target or magnificent marble maze build a marble maze that will result in the longest run time.