Each group needs:

• plywood base, 4 foot x 4 foot (1.2 m x 1.2 m)
• 500-piece K'NEX^®, a construction toy that includes bricks, rods and connectors for open-ended building, available at Amazon
• 20 paper plates
• 1 bag Pepperidge Farm^® Goldfish^® crackers
• 1 roll yarn
• 1 roll duct tape
• 1 roll scotch tape
• 1 sleeve Mentos^® mint candies
• 20 pieces paper
• 6 wooden boards, 2 of each length .5, 1, 1.5 foot (15 cm, 30 cm, 46 cm)
• 4-foot (1.2-m) piece of corner edging
• 20-oz (590-ml) diet soda, such as Diet Coke^®
• 4 mouse traps
• 1 box toothpicks
• 20 dominoes
• 6 magnets
• 20 pipe cleaners
• 1 pulley
• 1 toy car
• 20 paper cups
• 2 screws
• 2 small dowels
• 20 rubber bands
• 10 balloons
• 5 marbles
• 2 foam tubes, wide enough that marbles can fit inside
• wooden wedge
• dowel pieces, 1-inch diameter, 2 of each length: 0.5, 1, 1.5 inch (1.27 cm, 2.54 cm, 3.81 cm)
• scissors
• hammer and box of nails
• staple gun and box of staples
• hot glue gun and 7 hot glue sticks
• Grading Rubric

To share with the entire class:

• computer with internet connection and projector, to show short YouTube videos

Note: Adding or subtracting materials from this list is acceptable. However, providing a larger range of materials allows students to be more creative in the design of their machines! It is important for the competition that each group has the exact same materials.