Wednesday, March 1, 2017

February S.T.E.M. Challenge

On the Friday before vacation, our class participated in another S.T.E.M. Challenge.

The challenge was to create a track that guides a marble into an 8 inch square that was taped to the floor. Teams had 3 minutes to plan and 10 minutes to build their marble tracks. 

Students could use the following materials:
1 piece of cardstock
5 mailing labels
1 yard of string
3 straws
3 rubber bands
2 pencils
 4 paper clips

 The students were very excited about this challenge. Check out the pictures below to see their creative ideas.


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The Final Products

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I was very impressed with the planning, collaboration and resilience that I saw all of the teams demonstrate. They worked extremely well together!


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