Tear apart some old boxes and bring your ideas to life. In this session, we will be experimenting with the amazing material cardboard and create pathways for marbles to travel down. We will reflect on the value of building marble runs and think about our roles as educators to support the learning outcomes of this engaging activity.

Cardboard is an everyday material that supports tinkering workshops by helping learners embrace mistakes as they use it to design, redesign and test. We will bend it, stack it, shape it and carve it out into our marble runs. We might even add a buzz here or a light bulb there along the way. As we investigate the wild world of paths and we’ll ask: Where will the ball run? How long can we keep it running? How can we control that rolling? Can it run upwards?

Wondering what a MakerSpace is? This is our definition for the Ecsite conference. Don't hesitate to pop by during one of the drop-in slots!