I love finding creative and inexpensive ways to make fun activities that encourage playful learning.
Marble mazes stem.
Stem activities are a lot of fun and educational but the best kind of stem activities are open ended allowing children to think for themselves.
Engineering a marble maze.
Craft sticks and marbles keva planks also work really well for engineering marble runs.
This engineering activity is great for kids from kindergarten age up through 4th 5th and 6th grades.
Using a box lid straws and marbles students will create a fun game that encourages problem solving and critical thinking.
Add a few lessons about push and pull and you have an experiment in physics that combines fine motor skills creative design an understanding of.
Craft stick marble runs by far craft sticks and cardboard boxes are my favorite materials for kids to create their own marble runs.
Changeable magnetic marble run use pvc pipe clear tubing.
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Make a marble run.
Cardboard tube marble run stem activity for kids.
Put kids and marbles together and you automatically have a great time planned.
This post provides some ideas for marble mazes and marble tracks built with craft sticks and cardboard.
Follow our stem for kids pinterest board.
We have been on a roll lately with wall activities.
In this paper plate maze stem challenge kids are challenged to make a marble maze using household materials.
Perfect for a center a class project or a parent child project at a family stem n.
We recently did a pool noodle marble run and a super fun homemade water wall.