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Create with Cardboard
Duration: 20+ minutes
Grade Levels: 2-12
For this design challenge, look around for some cardboard - any kind will do! Boxes, recycled packages, paper tubes, whatever you have on hand. Then see what you can prototype! Try building a tall tower or something strong enough to hold weight. Test out your prototype and see how it performs. Make changes and keep experimenting!
Grade Levels: 2-12
Duration: 20+ minutes
Concepts/Skills: Engineering design, prototyping, testing
Objectives:
- Using only cardboard and some connectors, design and build a prototype.
The Tech Challenge
This resource was developed to prepare students for the 2020 Tech Challenge. Each year The Tech Challenge invites teams of students in Grades 4-12 to use the engineering design process to solve a real-world problem.
Learn about this year's Tech Challenge.