Given: 3 pieces of typing paper, a paper towel tube, 10 pipe cleaners, a Styrofoam plate, a wad of clay. Using the above materials, construct a device that can cushion an egg from breaking when dropped from a height of six feet.

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Given: 15 foam balls, 5 large paper clips, 5 rubber bands, 3 popsicle sticks, a plastic spoon, a 12″ piece of string, a mailing label, 5 straws, a 4’x4″ piece of cardboard, a paper towel tube, 1 large box, 1 small box….

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Given: 10 white balls, 10 yellow balls, 2 balloons, 3 3″ x 5″ cards, 3 toothpicks, 2 straws, 2 rubber bands, 2 mailing labels, 6″ piece of string. The team is to get as many balls into the plastic cups without knocking…

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Given: (materials) quarters, dimes, nickels, pennies, 6 different colors of construction paper (communication items) pencil, ruler, sheet of typing paper, tin can, 2 marbles, spoon, paper lunch bag. Devise a nonverbal communication system in which 2 communicators instruct 3 workers how many…

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Given: 10 toothpicks, 1 coffee filter, 1 12″ piece of string, 1 12″ piece of tape, 1 drinking straw, scissors. With the materials provided, the team must construct something and explain it. The completed object must fit into a cough drop tin….

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Given: bowl of Cheerios, string 18″ long, spoon, fork, pieces of masking tape – 1 ” x 6″ , sheet of typing paper, large paper clip, large-eyed needle, toothpicks. You will have one minute to think and three minutes to complete the…

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Given: a piece of poster board designed as shown below, a piece of large construction paper for every other team member. The number inside each square equals the point value. With the paper given, see how many squares you can completely cover…

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Given: 20 paper clips, 5 chopsticks. Connect all 20 paper clips together in a chain. Give each team member one chopstick. The team must undo as many paper clips as possible in seven minutes. They may talk, but they may not give…

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