Inspired by the FrugalFun4Boys blog we decided to create some marble runs. There's a bit of D&T (planning, designing, iterative development, safety, tool use, etc) and science (mostly gravity) and some maths (angles) in this but I'm dressing it up - we're making awesome tracks for marbles and hexbugs and it's a lot of fun.
The boys had a great time with this, in fact it might be a record for engagement in a task - 2.5 happy hours spent literally losing our marbles. Mostly under the fridge.
Designing a marble maze which was almost instantly upgraded to a hexbug maze! First step, draw out the design...
Fast forward 2.5 hours & 80 giant lolly sticks ....
I wasn't idle while the boys were busy - here's my marble drop run! The boys did the scoring and you get 100000 points if the marble drops out of the run. No wonder so many are under the fridge now!
For the instructions, see : http://frugalfun4boys.com/2014/08/17/build-marble-run-craft-sticks/
