Marble Mayhem Engineers
Build a marble run that loops, jumps and races!
This isn't a set of tracks to click together. Your students engineer their own marble runs: they test how slopes, surfaces and walls change a marble's path, then plan, build, test and fix runs that loop, jump and turn. Year 2 explores forces, Years 3–4 add gravity and the design process, and Years 5–6 work to design criteria with timing and data. The session ends with the whole class building one giant marble run.
Years 2–6 + HPGE
Hands-on
Investigations
Inquiry Based
Primary School Workshops
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What's In Marble Mayhem Engineers?
A hands-on engineering design workshop for Years 2 to 6: how do we make a marble go where we want it to? Choose three experiences for 60 minutes or four for 90, and every pair works with a challenge card matched to your stage.
Every session opens with the Giant Loop, and ends with the whole class building one giant marble run. Everything runs inside.
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Year Levels
Years 2–6 + HPGE
Duration
60 or 90 minutes
Group Size
Up to 32
Price (incl GST)
$690 (60 min)
$21.56 per student
$790 (90 min)
$24.69 per student
Differentiated challenge cards matched to your class
Choose experiences to match your class interests
Predict, test, observe and explain
THE CRAZY SCIENTIST DIFFERENCE
Multiple Investigations. Learning Matched to Every Stage
Differentiated challenges and syllabus-connected learning across the workshop.
Explore the learning at your stage.
Stage 1 — Marble Mayhem Engineers
Stage 1 cards challenge students to work out how pushes, slopes and surfaces change the way a marble moves, and build a run that works.
Relevant NSW Science & Technology outcomes (2024)
Every group works from a Stage 1 challenge card written for these outcomes.
✓ ST1-SCI-01 — Forces can change the way objects move
Recognise that a force is a push or a pull that can make things either start moving, stop moving, change speed, direction or shape
✓ ST1-DDT-01 — A design process is used to define user needs and create solutions
Pose questions and test how materials with different properties contribute to the effectiveness of a product
✓ ST1-PQU-01 — Forces can change the way objects move
Pose questions and test the effects of forces on an object's movement
✓ ST1-DAT-01 — Living things change over time
Recognise that data can be collected through observation, testing and research, and that it can be represented as descriptions, diagrams, graphs, images and tables
See the Science in Action
LEARNING BEYOND THE WOW
What Students learn & How We Support Teachers
What Your Students Will Learn
Explain how a push, a slope or a wall changes the way a marble moves
Test how shape and material change the way things roll
Compare rough and smooth surfaces to discover friction
Design, build, test and improve a marble run
Differentiated challenges and syllabus-connected learning across the workshop.
Differentiated challenges and syllabus-connected learning across the workshop.
How we support teachers
Challenge cards for every stage, used by
students during the session.
Classroom follow-up experiments to keep the learning going
Risk assessment, Working With Children Check and public liability insurance details, sent before your visit
Thinking skills students practise
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Workshop Requirements & Bookings
Everything You Need to Know
Up to 32 students per session
Group Size
60 or 90 minutes
Session Time
A classroom with tables for 16 pairs and a clear strip of floor or corridor about 6 metres long for the finale. Everything runs inside.
Space & Setup
All materials, equipment, safety glasses and stage challenge cards.
What we Provide
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30+ Years Teaching Science
Experienced science teacher designing activities that keep children engaged, involved and learning.
We Bring Everything
Experiments, equipment and materials come with us — you just provide the space and the kids.
Tailored to Your School
Activities are adjusted to suit your class’s stage
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