Out of this world marble run
Every year Dropmore Primary School runs a science project competition. The children (aged from 4-6) are set three challenges and can choose which one to enter. Parents are encouraged to work with the children, so the children can learn, but it tends to get a bit competitive – especially between some of the dads!
This year my son, Dylan, and I created a ‘space themed’ marble run. It took a whole weekend – I did most of the building but my son was very involved in the designing and testing phases! I used dowel to create the tracks and an old Quality Street tin to make a ‘rocket lift’ that carried the marble back to the top.
Anyway I created a movie of the whole project including the grand finale, science day itself, when our effort went down a storm.
For your interest, it was filmed using a Nokia N75 mobile phone and edited using Adobe Premiere.
Tags: marble maze, marble run, school project, school science challenge, school science project, science challenge, Science projects
