Marble Run Activity: Build and Play with Kids
Fun Hands on Activities
Building Creativity: Educational Play with LEGO Bricks
Main Idea
After visiting the science museum and seeing the Galton Board, we decided to make a similar project using LEGO bricks.
Activity Prep
(What we used)
LEGO Baseplate (10” x 10”)
Approximately 11 pieces of 1x4 LEGO bricks
Approximately 74 pieces of 1x2 LEGO bricks
Approximately 10 pieces of 1x3 LEGO bricks (used because we ran out of 1x2 bricks)
Approximately 10 pieces of 1x6 LEGO bricks
2x2, 2x4, or longer LEGO bricks for frames
Marbles
*You can change the sizes if you don’t have the same bricks we listed.
How We Played
During our visit to the science museum, my son was very impressed by the machine that illustrates how probability works. I believe it’s called the Galton Board or the Bean Machine. Inspired by that, we decided to create a marble run toy using LEGO bricks.
We needed a lot of LEGO brick pieces to build this marble run! I wish I could create something similar to an actual Galton board. It was fun for my son! You should tilt the board when running the marbles; if it’s too straight, the marbles tend to jump out of the course.
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Disclaimer
LEGO® is a trademark of the LEGO Group, which is not affiliated with this project. The use of LEGO® here is solely for educational purposes.
