OCTOBER STEM CHALLENGES

Design and create a bird nest that will hold the most pennies.  Test your nest in a real tree or using a branch from your yard.

Constraints:  should not be larger than 6 inches, no tape or glue may be used 

Materials:  sticks, yarn, paper, scissors, pennies 

Design a car that goes FAST!  

https://youtu.be/LABwk_Q8ZB8 

Constraints:  none

Materials:  Pringles can or similar, 4 rubber bands, 2 wooden skewers, 2 paper clips, 4 plastic bottle caps 

Design an aluminum foil boat that will hold MANY pieces of candy corn. 

Constraints:  no larger than 5 inches long 

Materials:  aluminum foil sheet approx. 8.5"x11", bag of candy corn, small tub of water 

Design and create a spider web that can safely hold the most spiders. 

Constraints:  web must be 1 ft. x 1 ft. or smaller 

Materials:  string or yarn, fake spiders or similar (pipe cleaners or Wikki Stix to make spiders) 

Design a chair out of cardboard.

Constraints:  must be action figure size, NO SHARP TOOLS MAY BE USED, tear only 

Materials:  cereal box 

Build the Eiffel Tower out of newspaper.  Could you make it as big as YOU?https://www.kcedventures.com/blog/engineering-project-for-kids-build-the-eiffel-tower 

Constraints:  no more than 1 foot of tape can be used 

Materials:  1 ft. of tape, stapler, stacks of newspaper, model or picture of the Eiffel Tower 

Create a maze for something to travel through.  YOUR CHOICE on what object will navigate the maze. 

Constraints:  none

Materials:  Optional materials:  Legos, books, cups, paper, straws, cardboard tubes, craft sticks, blocks 

Construct 2 paper airplanes, one designed for distance and another for speed. 

Constraints:  none

Materials:  2 sheets 8 1/2 x 11 paper, scissors (if needed), tape (if needed), glue (if needed) 

Cut a paper plate into a long strip or coil. 

Constraints:  Perform only one cut without stopping. 

Materials: 1 paper plate, scissors