Secret Agent Club
Secret Agent Club
Week of March 30, 2020
What is a Lab 11235 Design Challenge?
Design challenges are a week long for all ages to experiment and come up with their own solutions to a real world problem. This means hands off mom and dad! A parent’s role is to guide and ask thought-provoking questions without providing a direct solution.
With your parents’ permission,
Post your Challenge Videos and Photos to Instagram with hashtags
#lab11235Challenge
Monday – No phones allowed!
Make a cup and string telephone to send a secret message! Test to see how far your voice can travel.
Tuesday – Secret Hideout
Every secret agent needs a secret hideout. Build your hideout so you can fit two people within. Remember, a hideout would not be complete without a door with a secret password! Hook up your cup and string phone to let your family know the secret password to enter.
Wednesday – Undercover Agent
You are about to go undercover. Prepare and create 3 different disguises. Get creative with cardboard glasses, mustaches and hats! Remember to take photos!
Thursday – The Vault
Create a laser obstacle course with string and tape! Sneak past the laser maze to retrieve the treasure: 3 crayons!
Friday – Rocket Delivery
Create a balloon rocket to deliver the highly sensitive package (the 3 crayons) to complete your mission!
Take Notes:
- How does the cup and string phone work?
- What materials did you use to create your fort? How did you keep it from falling down?
- Take a photo of your laser maze! How many strings did you use?
- How many crayons were you able to transport at one time on your balloon rocket? How far did you rocket go?
Research
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/build-a-2-stage-balloon-rocket/
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/talk-through-a-string-telephone-bring-science-home/
http://www.mykidsadventures.com/string-laser-maze/
Material
Paper cups, string, blankets, pillows, tape, crayons, balloon, straw, cardboard
Take it to the next level
Continue the challenge, and learn much more by doing. Check out our After School Discovery Program. We pick up and drop off too.
- Discover how sound waves travel through your bones!
- Track hidden footprints, lift fingerprints and discover the culprit at Lab11235 camps
- Create and launch your own rocket! FAA approval required!
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Architect’s Challenge
Architects Challenge
Week of March 30, 2020
What is a Lab 11235 Design Challenge?
Design challenges are a week long for all ages to experiment and come up with their own solutions to a real world problem. This means hands off mom and dad! A parent’s role is to guide and ask thought-provoking questions without providing a direct solution.
With your parents’ permission,
Post your Challenge Videos and Photos to Instagram with hashtags
#lab11235Challenge
Monday – To New Heights
Make a straw tower taller than yourself! How high can you go? Post your photo!
Tuesday – Food Storage
Can you build a tower (about waist height) that holds three cans of food? Use as little material as possible. How many cans of food can it hold before it falls?
Wednesday – A Bridge too far
Build a straw bridge between your couch and coffee table! Test and try again!
Thursday – Hot Wheels Load test
Your hot wheels need to cross your bridge. Reinvent your bridge so your cars can pass! How many cars does your bridge hold before it falls?
Friday – The last straw
Make the longest straw in the world! Place a cup of water in the kitchen, sit down in the living room and have a drink! Make sure to take a photo!
Take Notes:
- How many straws did you use?
- What kinds of shapes are stronger?
- How tall or long did is your structure? Measure with a ruler.
- How much tape was used?
- What changes did you make to the structure and what did you observe?
Research
https://www.soinc.org/sites/default/files/StrawTowerChallenge.pdf
https://www.wikihow.com/Build-a-Straw-Bridge
Material
50 Straws, Scotch Tape, Canned Food, Hot Wheels cars
Take it to the next level
Continue the challenge, and learn much more by doing. Check out our After School Discovery Program. We pick up and drop off too.
- Test your building on an earthquake table
- Create a bridge with no glue, tape, nails, or screws
- Make a full scale igloo
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Super Paper Airplane Challenge
Super Paper Airplane Challenge
Week of March 23, 2020
What is a Lab 11235 Design Challenge?
Design challenges are a week long for all ages to experiment and come up with their own solutions to a real world problem. This means hands off mom and dad! A parent’s role is to guide and ask thought-provoking questions without providing a direct solution.
With your parents’ permission,
Post your Challenge Videos and Photos to Instagram with hashtags
#lab11235Challenge #superplane
Monday – Go the distance
How far can you make it go? 10ft? 25 ft? Post your distance!
Tuesday – Keep it in the air
Keep your plane up for 3 seconds or longer. How many seconds did yours fly?
Wednesday – Carry Passengers
Tape dimes or other small passengers to your plane. Can it still fly? What did your plane carry?
Thursday – Boomerang Plane
Make a plane that U-turns and flies back. How did you do it?
Friday – Jazz it up
Color, decorate and personalize your plane. Give it a cool name and present your process.
Take Notes:
- How many planes did you make?
- Does the pointy or flat nose plane fly further?
- How far did each plane fly?
- Did the plane do any tricks?
- What changes did you make to the plane and what did you observe?
Research
https://www.foldnfly.com/#/1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXqwUxkNXVE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XMafr9kOow
Material
Paper (experiment with different kinds)
Take it to the next level
Continue the challenge, and learn much more by doing. Check out our After School Discovery Program. We pick up and drop off too.
- Use motors to propel your plane
- Build a remote launcher
- Land it on a planet
- Carry a heavy payload