STEM News

Marble Run Challenge

For their final problem-solving challenge of the year, Year 9 STEM students were tasked with constructing an apparatus where a marble would travel from top to bottom in as close to 30 seconds as possible. 

The only materials which students could use were cardboard and masking tape and the apparatus could not exceed 50 centimetres in height. Students used elements from a Rube Goldberg machine such as ramps, releases, tunnels and tubes in their designs. They followed the design thinking process and trial and error before the final challenge.

Congratulations to the winning teams from each class and to all students for their efforts. 

Sally Polidano

Leading Teacher Science/STEM