Materials: 1 6″ piece of string, 1 plastic straw, 1 mailing label, 1 pipe cleaner, 1 cork, 1 clothespin, 1 spoon Setup: 10 bottle caps, 10 marbles, 1 12″x17″ construction paper in a 3’x5′ area, place 10 bottle caps along inside edge…
read moreMaterials: 1 box of spaghetti, beeswax, nails, 1 6″ piece of string, small margarine tub (1/2 lb. Size), 6 mailing labels Build a structure as high as possible using the items listed. After the structure is built, suspend the plastic tub from…
read moreMaterials: straws, eggs Each student has 14 straws and an egg. They must build a structure that will hold the egg.
read moreMaterials: quarters, dimes, nickels, pennies, 4 different colors of construction paper – communicating items: pencil, ruler, sheet of 81/2″x11″ paper, tin can, 2 marbles, metal spoon Devise a non-verbal communication system in which 2 communicators instruct 3 workers how many of each…
read moreMaterials: Table One 2 yellow right triangles 2 red right triangles 2 blue right triangles 3 yellow circles 3 red circles 3 blue circles Table Two 3 yellow right triangles 3 red right triangles 2 blue right triangles 3 yellow squares 3…
read moreGiven: Toilet paper tubes, straws and toothpicks. Create a race track for a match box car. Suggest using a brick and a couple of pieces of wood as starting ramps.
read moreMaterials: 2 sets of LEGOs (equal numbers) one set is made into structure, a big box or blind hides the creation Devise a nonverbal communication system to duplicate behind blind. The team is to divide into two groups: receiver and communicators. They…
read moreMaterials: 20 toothpicks, 6″ masking tape, 6 straws and a pair of scissors that are not part of the solution Build a self-supporting structure using only the materials given. You will be judged when you decide to stop or when time expires….
read moreMaterials: rock, a box, string, crayons Design a product and sell it to the judges without speaking.
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