STEM Challenge Straw Mazes Problem-Solving Easy Prep Activity

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Grade Levels

3rd - 5th

Subjects

Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, Engineering

Resource Type

Activities, Printables

Standards

NGSS3-PS2-1

NGSS4-PS3-4

NGSS3-5-ETS1-3

NGSS3-PS2-2

NGSS4-PS3-1

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15 pages

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This was a great stem activity and my students really enjoyed it. I liked the constraint cards to print, and the group eval rubric at the end. Great product!

— Kate W.

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This is so easy to use and students love it. Very engaging and you have it at your fingertips. What an asset in your teaching arsenal.

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This easy prep STEM activity is to design and build a maze using two simple supplies! This is a Quick STEM Challenge – one you can complete in 1 class session with materials you probably already have! The teacher's guide includes all the details you will need!

➡️ Click here to save 20% on this STEM Challenge in the Quick Challenge Bundle!

What is the challenge?

This challenge features the task of using given supplies to create a maze for a marble to travel through.
Specific criteria for the task are given to students along with a box of supplies.
Stand back and watch them construct!
Students love this one and really enjoyed trading mazes to solve those made by other groups.

What is a Quick Challenge?

Your students will love the freedom of a quick challenge as they get right to work and learn as they go! Quick also means easy prep for you!

What is your prep?

Supplies needed in addition to this package include boxes or sturdy cardboard for the maze base, marbles, clear tape, and a Container for each group’s supplies. Of course, substitutions can be made for any of these!

The package specifically contains:

Cover sheet
Teacher Background,
4-page Teachers' guide,
Set of Criteria cards for students (with and without background color)
Full-size Criteria page (with and without color)
Lab Sheet with sample answers
3 pages of Photos
Scoring rubric
Terms of Use
You will also have a file containing editable forms!

Check the preview to see it all.

You are going to love this challenge! If you need a more intensive maze designing plan try this: STEM Challenge: Build a Marble Maze

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Total Pages

15 pages

Answer Key

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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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