SKU: G2 MAZE 001

Mazes

Build ramps and pathways that guide a ball to its goal, then connect mazes together.
Grades
Pre-K-5th Grade
Activity Time
30-45 min
Prep Time
5-10 min
Concepts
Gravity Iteration

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Learners build

A tilting ball maze that uses ramps, barriers, and pathways to guide motion toward a goal.

Learners start by arranging foam paths, supports, and obstacles on a maze board, then test how slope and layout affect the ball's movement.

From there, they can redesign it with dead ends, shortcuts, levels, challenges, team connections, or a longer pathway that links multiple mazes together.

Learner-made machines showing different motion experiments

Build

Learners assemble the core design and see how the parts work together.

Test

They try it, notice what happens, and compare the result with their goal.

Redesign

They make changes, add their own ideas, and improve the build through iteration.

Learners explore

Gravity

Build pathways and ramps that use gravity to guide motion.

Iteration

Test, change, and improve a design through multiple tries.

Ready to run with learners

Student-facing slides introduce the concepts, guide the activity, and help learners reflect on what changed. Educator materials support setup, pacing, discussion, and extensions so this can work in classrooms, libraries, homeschool groups, clubs, or makerspaces.

View Mazes teaching materials
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Student Slides

Introduce concepts, guide build moments, and give learners reflection prompts.

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Educator Guide

Setup notes, pacing help, facilitation prompts, and extension ideas.

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Flexible Facilitation

Works for classrooms, homeschool groups, libraries, clubs, and makerspaces.

What's included

Choose a pack size to see how the component quantities change for one learner, a small group, or a full class.