Given: 15 foam balls, 5 large paper clips, 5 rubber bands, 3 popsicle sticks, a plastic spoon, a 12″ piece of string, a mailing label, 5 straws, a 4’x4″ piece of cardboard, a paper towel tube, 1 large box, 1 small box.
Place one large and one small box ten feet from a line marked on the floor. You will have three minutes to think and construct, and three minutes to solve the problem. Construct at least three different devices to shoot the foam balls into the boxes. Each device must be made from at least two items and must shoot at least five balls. Balls may be retrieved and retried, but not while someone is shooting. There will be a 5 point penalty if this occurs. 5 points will be awarded for each ball in the larger box and 10 points for each ball in the smaller box at the end of the 3 minutes.