Pool Noodle Waterfall Maze Challenge

Posted on by Michael Perkins

Description:
Create a water maze using pool noodles and other items from around your house!

Materials:
-Pool noodles with a hole in the center
-Recycled materials that can hold a flow of water
-Tape
-Yarn
-Water
-Piece of cardboard to attach your maze to

Directions:
1. Think about how water would travel through the pool noodles and recycled materials.
2. Plan the path the water will follow using the pool noodles and recycled materials.
3. Cut any holes for water to move through as needed.
4. You could hang the pieces from a tree, attach them to a window or piece of cardboard.
5. When you system is attached and ready to go, test it out!
6. Pour water at the starting point and see how far it goes!
7. If it doesn’t work the first time, that’s okay! Adjust your system and try again!

Multimedia Producer and Visual Artist at the library. Painter of the Kids Library Mural and 3D scapes, Designer of the Learn and Play Bus and AdventureMobile. When not at work you can find me drawing, making stuff out of wood and getting into trouble.