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Build a Zipline
New activity
Patrons use common materials to design and construct their own zipline to transport small item from here to there. Turn this into a "Make & Take" activity by providing printed family guides and materials for constructing ziplines in a bag for your patrons.
Open Activity
How-to Video
Family Take-home Activity
A take-home that can be sent with patrons that wish to do STEM activities at home. These at-home activities cover similar topic areas as the associated activity and could be handed out at the conclusion of a program or left on a circulation desk for patrons to take home.
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Related Programming Resources
| Hints for uses in your library | "Take & Make" tip: invite your patrons to post pictures of their final products to your social media to share how they turned out! |
| Related Links |
NASA: Engineering Design Process
Think, Plan, Build! Engineering Design Process How to Build a Zipline Engineering for Kids Discover Engineering Dream Big: Engineering Our World |
| Originating Source | Star Library Network |
| Related Books [Suggest a book] |
STEAM Lab for Kids by Liz Lee Heinecke
The Apollo Missions for Kids by Jerome Pohlen |