Make a vehicle for a toy
Start your engines! It’s time to take your toys for a ride in their very own cardboard vehicle.
Objectives
Preparation
Materials
Makedo Invent Kit
Upcycled cardboard
Soft toys
Makedo Roto-Ring (optional)
Activity
Bite-Sized Build
Students are to build a cardboard vehicle for one or more of their soft toys. It can be a car, train, bike, plane or anything their imagination creates. Students may like to use the Roto-Ring to create full rotational movement to their vehicle (eg. wheels and propellers). Then, it’s time to take the toys on an imaginative adventure!
Reflection
Journal Prompts
What challenges did you face when creating your toy transporter? How did you overcome these?
What additions or adjustments could you make to enhance the experience for your toy while they travel in their vehicle?
How could you make your toy transporter more environmentally friendly?
Extension
Take It Further
Add moving parts to your vehicle.
Conduct a race to see which vehicle is the fastest.
Measure the time each vehicle takes to travel a set distance and graph the results.
Write a story where your toy is the main character, detailing the adventures that they go on in their vehicle.