- Index Card Challenge: Using index cards and tape, create the tallest, free-standing structure that will hold a book. Materials included cards, tape, scissors, ruler.
- Straws & Connectors: Using the specific material called "Straws and Connectors," build a base that has a perimeter of at least 16 or 32 feet (use ruler or yardstick to measure and calculate). Build as free-standing structure of your own design on top of the existing base. Materials included straws & connectors, yardstick
- Magnatiles & Keva Planks: Create a 3-D town using Magnatiles and Keva planks. You can use graph paper to map out your design. Materials included: Keva Planks, magnatiles, graph paper. The town must include the following:
- 6 streets -- 2 parallel, 2 perpendicular, 2 of your choice
- Store with a base of equilateral or isosceles triangle
- 2-story library with a base of a quadrilateral of your choosing
- Post office with a pentagon base
- Library with a hexagon base
- Code a Robot: Choose one of the included challenges (instructions included on the center sheet) to program a robot to follow commands. Materials included Dash robots, Sprk+ robots, Xylophone attachment, Accessories pack; bag of Keva planks:
- Program Dash to play a song on the xylophone attachment and move as s/he plays
- Create a maze with Keva planks and then program Dash to pull or push (using the appropriate attachment) an object through the maze.
- Program SPRK+ to move through a Keva-plank maze (this coding is a little more challenging than Dash coding as there are more options)
- Create a catapult: Use craft sticks and rubber bands, build a catapult you can use for two challenges. Materials included: cups, rubberbands, pom poms, craft sticks, yardstick, iPad (for timer), challenge documentation sheet
- Using a timer, see how many pom-poms you can catapult into the cups in one minute
- Using a yardstick, measure the highest level to which you can catapult a pom-pom
- Mark your findings on the chart included

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