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Where will your curiosity take you?

Starting points for building, investigating, and discovering. Yours to adapt.

2 starting pointsExplore at your own pace.
Build & investigate
Project30–60 minutesScraps & household supplies

Make a cardboard car

Build a small car you can push, then change the wheels, body, or steering to suit your own idea.

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Game making
A shallow cardboard tray with upright maze walls and a clear route for a ballArrange the walls in a shallow box lid before fixing them down. Leave passages wider than the ball and test the whole route by tilting the tray.Keep a clear routeWalls fixed upright
ProjectA couple of hours, plus glue dryingA box lid, card & a rolling ball

A tilt maze you design

Build a tray game with a route of your own, then steer a ball through it by tipping the board.

game makingrollingconstruction

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