Moving on to the next project... Marble Mazes! This is the second activity going to be available for students in grades K-2. This is a fun and entertaining activity that demonstrates speed, gravity, and velocity while using a mathematical approach as they estimate and record time measurements. Not to mention the much needed, hand-eye coordination skill!
I (and various volunteers) have assembled two mazes consisting of multiple slides and rotating wheels that reach up to two feet, taking over 2 hours to build.
Construction in progress:
The goal of this activity is to have various marbles, each different colors and weights, and a stopwatch.
There will be a sheet that asks the students: Which marble will reach the bottom the fastest? They will first make their prediction and write it down, then they will time each marble on the length of time it takes each to reach the bottom from dropping one at a time at the top. After timing each marble they will write that time next to the image of the marble.
After testing all the marbles they can see if their prediction was correct!
Video of the smaller, dark green marble in the maze:
Even though this took a long time to build and research the best marble maze possible, it was an overall very enjoyable process and I am looking forward to seeing the students excitement and eagerness to try this activity!
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