Ball wall drop

STREAM Activity: Ball Drop

Activity best for children ages three and up

Experiment with gravity and design a special track! This can be done anywhere using household materials.

MATERIALS

  • Paint-safe tape

  • Paper towel or toilet paper rolls

  • Ball

  • Pompom

  • Marble

DIRECTIONS

STEP 1

Gather painter’s tape and paper towel/ toilet paper rolls.

STEP 2

Decorate, cut, and tape your rolls to a wall and create your track.

Cut paper towel roll track

STEP 3

Test your design by dropping a ball (pompom, marble etc.) from the top of your track and watching it travel to the bottom.

STEP 4

Experiment!

  • Build two tracks and have a race. Which track was longer? Faster? Steeper?
  • Try using different types of balls on your track and compare them. Which type of ball is the fastest?