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Create with Cardboard

Grades 2-12 20+ minutes Engineering

Create with Cardboard

For this design challenge, look around for some cardboard - any kind will do! Boxes, recycled packages, paper tubes, whatever you have on hand. Then see what you can prototype! Try building a tall tower or something strong enough to hold weight. Test out your prototype and see how it performs. Make changes and keep experimenting!

Resources

Activity Guide PDF

Tech at Home activity

Actividad En Español

Video

Objectives:

  • Using only cardboard and some connectors, design and build a prototype.

The Tech Challenge

This resource was developed to prepare students for the 2020 Tech Challenge. Each year The Tech Challenge invites teams of students in Grades 4-12 to use the engineering design process to solve a real-world problem.

Learn about this year's Tech Challenge.

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