STEM Marble Maze Challenge – Problem-Solving Activity

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Grade Levels

3rd - 5th

Subjects

Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, Engineering

Resource Type

Activities, Printables, Lesson

Standards

NGSS3-PS2-1

NGSS4-PS3-4

NGSS3-5-ETS1-3

NGSS3-PS2-2

NGSS4-PS3-1

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Pages

37 pages

$3.50

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Using for schoolage children at my center. will be using for the summer program as well. they really enjoyed making their own maze

— Mareli V.

Rated 5 out of 5

This is such an amazing resource to use. The students had a blast building and troubleshooting the mazes. I would like the rubric to be editable also. So I can add my own categories and expectations for my class.

— Jessica W.

Rated 5 out of 5

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Description

You will love the versatility of this challenge. Three versions of the activity are included. Each version has a teacher's guide. Student lab sheets and sample answers are also provided. Your students will be a"mazed" with this project, too!

➡️ Click here to save 20% on this STEM resource in a bundle of 3 projects.

What is the challenge?

This STEM activity will have your students design a maze through which a marble can travel. They will fold and bend paper or cardboard into the maze paths and then try their invention repeatedly. Your students will love this!

What is your prep?

Materials needed in addition to this package include boxes (like a gift box), cardboard, card stock, copy paper, construction paper, marbles, craft items (like styrofoam, foam, poms-poms, sponges, tissue paper), scissors, masking tape, and rulers. You will need to gather the materials and provide the base for each maze (boxes). You will also need to copy the student lab sheets. Substitutions for any listed material can be made- use what you have!

What is included?

Teacher Background page
Materials and Preparation page
6 pages of Step-by-Step Procedures for Version 1
Extensions page
2 versions of a Lab sheet
3 pages of Photos for versions 1 and 2
1 page for teacher directions for both versions 2 and 3
2 pages of photos for version 3
page listing task constraints
two pages of extra information about mazes
Scoring rubric
editable forms
The page count listed with this product includes everything.

What are teachers saying?

"Our students had a great time creating their mazes and then trying out each other's mazes. The directions were easy to follow. Lots of ideas."
"This activity was the most thorough and helpful product I have bought yet! I have bought a lot! I will buy everything by Teachers are Terrific."

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NGSS3-PS2-1

Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object. Examples could include an unbalanced force on one side of a ball can make it start moving; and, balanced forces pushing on a box from both sides will not produce any motion at all. Assessment is limited to one variable at a time: number, size, or direction of forces. Assessment does not include quantitative force size, only qualitative and relative. Assessment is limited to gravity being addressed as a force that pulls objects down.

NGSS4-PS3-4

Apply scientific ideas to design, test, and refine a device that converts energy from one form to another. Examples of devices could include electric circuits that convert electrical energy into motion energy of a vehicle, light, or sound; and, a passive solar heater that converts light into heat. Examples of constraints could include the materials, cost, or time to design the device. Devices should be limited to those that convert motion energy to electric energy or use stored energy to cause motion or produce light or sound.

NGSS3-5-ETS1-3

Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved.

NGSS3-PS2-2

Make observations and/or measurements of an object’s motion to provide evidence that a pattern can be used to predict future motion. Examples of motion with a predictable pattern could include a child swinging in a swing, a ball rolling back and forth in a bowl, and two children on a see-saw. Assessment does not include technical terms such as period and frequency.

NGSS4-PS3-1

Use evidence to construct an explanation relating the speed of an object to the energy of that object. Assessment does not include quantitative measures of changes in the speed of an object or on any precise or quantitative definition of energy.

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