STEAM - Minute to Win it

STEAM

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Last time in STEAM we had a challenge of 

Minute to Win it FUN!

Join us October 29th for
Glow in the Dark Goo! 

 Marshmallow Toss

Students partner up and stand across from each other, about 2-4 feet apart.

One person has a handful of marshmallows and the other has a small paper cup. Students have one minute to toss as many marshmallows into the cup as possible.

 One-Handed Bracelets

One minute to thread as many fruit loops onto a pipe cleaner as possible. And then–here’s the clincher–the player has to make that pipe cleaner into a bracelet. Using one hand.  So funny!

Kix Chopstick Race

Players work individually to move as many Kix cereal pieces from a central bowl into their own plastic cups, using only a pair of chopsticks.  Easy?  Think again...

 Stack Attack

Players have 1 minute to completely stack and unstack 21 cups into a pyramid as many times as possible. So fun!

 Sticky Balls

Players blow through straws to roll marbles from one side of the table to the other, trying to get as many as possible to stick on double sided tape.

 Bucket Pong
Standing at one end of a long table, try to bounce as many as possible ping-pong balls into the bucket.

 

 Dead Weight 
   Three balloons per person
      Cocoa Pebbles Cereal or other (I used rice)

Setup: 

To setup the game, place a 1/4 cup of Cocoa Pebbles Cereal in each of the balloons then blow them up. If you’ve never put things into balloons before, I recommend doing it with a friend. Have them hold the balloon opening up, while you pour the Cocoa Pebbles Cereal inside.

Play: 

This is one of my favorite games to watch because people think it’s going to be so easy. The goal of the game is either to keep all three balloons up in the air for one minute or to keep the balloons up in the air longer than everyone else playing (however you decide to play it). The fun twist for dead weight is that the Cocoa Pebbles Cereal in the balloons will make the balloons both fall down faster and fall in different directions than a normal balloon might. Have a large enough space for the entire group to do this at the same time or splitting your group up and timing them to see how long they can keep them up. 

Our book: Rosie Revere, Engineer by Andrea Beaty