Making Marble Runs with Inclined Planes Part 1

What you need to know before you begin this project:

      • It should take around 1 hour to complete.
      • It is designed to be completed independently by children in grades 3-5
        and with adult assistance for children in grades K-2.
      • Collect the common household objects on the materials list (see below).
      • The video guides children through the entire project, teaching science
        concepts along the way. Stopping points are included for each set of building steps.

What you need to know before you begin this project:

            • It should take around 1 hour to complete.
            • It is designed to be completed independently by children in grades 3-5
              and with adult assistance for children in grades K-2.
            • Collect the common household objects on the materials list (see below).
            • The video guides children through the entire project, teaching science
              concepts along the way. Stopping points are included for each set of building steps.

Materials You’ll Need

Go to Instagram to share your inventions after class!
Use #lyimarblerun1 and tag us at @the.league.of.young.inventors

Go to Instagram to share your inventions after class! Use #lyimarblerun1 and tag us at
@the.league.of.young.inventors

Want to learn more? Check out these extra videos, games, and activities

Watch the rest of this video to see more
60-second marble runs made by Dyson engineers.

Enjoy this fast-paced and funny video of the 2019 MarbleLympics and watch the Oceanics, O’rangers, Midnight Wisps, and Savage Speeders compete for the prize.

To download the materials list and extension activities, click here.