MARBLE MAZE

Overview

Use cardboard to build a fun marble maze that you can play with your friends.

Materials

  • Glue

  • Scrap cardboard

  • A small amount of aluminum foil

  • Marble, small ball, anything that rolls

Tools

  • Scissors or craft knife

  • Markers

  • Optional - Chompsaw, tabletop cardboard saw tool

Instructions

Step 1:

  • Gather 10 or 11 binder clips (usually sold as a pack of 12) and 1 LED tealight (usually 2 for a dollar at the Dollar Store).

  • Gather a few other household items (cardboard, 2 paper clips, aluminum foil, glue, and a marker)

Step 2:

  • Make your five Core Bricks (Battery Brick, LED Brick, Binder Clip Switch, Pressure Switch, and Dial Switch)

Step 3:

  • Experiment! Connect your Core Bricks (with alligator clips or your own Scrappy Clips) and find different ways to make the LED light up.

Step 4:

  • More! Build some of the Other Bricks and design new circuits and create some amazing inventions.

Step 5:

Resources

Include links to videos, articles, experiments related to the subject matter. Tags

Insert credits to original creator

OTHER ACTIVITIES

COOL CAR CHALLENGE

WEB BLASTER

SCRAPPY CIRCUITS