SPORTS
These projects challenge you to build contraptions that kick, throw, and score!
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Pop Fly
It's football with a twist. Invent a way to send a Ping-Pong ball flying high enough to catch it. Take some paint stirrers, a wooden spool, and tape. Now, add your foot. Ready, set, launch! Get Started.
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Kicking Machine
Build a machine that kicks a Ping-Pong ball into a cup lying on its side 12 inches away. Use either (1) a pendulum, (2) a rubber band, or (3) a combination of the two to do this. Get Started.
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Extreme Kicking Machine
Modify your kicking machine. Have it either release the pendulum or rubber band when you're standing three feet away, or have it automatically feed balls into the kicking machine, one after another. Get Started.
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On Target
Modify a paper cup so it can zip down a line and drop a marble on a target. Get Started. -
Zip Line
Design and build something that can carry a Ping-Pong ball from the top of a zip line string to the bottom in four seconds (or less!). Get Started.