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Lion – Kindergarten
Gizmos and Gadgets
Elective
Requirement 1

Moving Marbles

Lion – Kindergarten
Gizmos and Gadgets
Elective
Requirement 1

Moving Marbles

Snapshot of Activity

Make a marble maze out of a paper plate.

Indoor
2
2
2
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  • 100% compostable heavy-duty paper plates, one for each Cub Scout and adult partner
  • Construction paper in assorted colors, one sheet for each Cub Scout and adult partner
  • Tape
  • Marbles, one for each Cub scout and adult partner
  • Crayons, enough to share

Before the meeting:

  1. Learn how to make a marble maze with a paper plate.
    • Take a paper plate, facing up, and on one edge of the plate write the word “START”.
    • On another edge of the plate write the word “END”.
    • Cut four strips of construction paper about 1” wide and about 4” long.
    • Take one strip of construction paper and plate the number 1 with an arrow pointing up.
    • Tape one end of the construction paper onto the paper plate, form a tunnel big enough for the marble to fit through, and tape down the other end. Test to make sure that the marble can freely move under the strip of construction paper.
    • Now add a second strip with the number 2, a third strip with the number 3, and a fourth strip with the number 4.
    • The objective is to move the marble from the start, go under each strip of paper in order and in the direction of the arrow, and then move the marble to the end by holding the edges of the plate and moving the plate around to move the marble.
  2. Make your own marble maze to use as an example and demonstration.
  3. Set up the meeting location so Cub Scouts and adult partners can complete the activity together.

During the meeting:

  1. Gather the Cub Scouts and adult partners and inform them that in this activity they are going to explore the property of motion. Motion is simply when something moves. We are going to use marbles to explore how marbles move when we move them around on a paper plate by making a maze.
  2. Show your marble maze and demonstrate how to play the maze.
  3. Demonstrate how to make the marble maze.
  4. Have Cub Scouts work with their adult partners to make a marble maze. Have each adult partner make one too.
  5. Once they have made their maze have them try it out, once they are able to do their own maze have them switch with their adult partner to try their maze.
  6. Ask the Cub Scouts what tricks they learned that they would share with others to help them complete a marble maze.

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Bray Barnes is a recipient of the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award, Silver
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