This document outlines the design challenge, constraints, tasks and scoring for a project to design a 6 inch x 6 inch x 1/2 inch interchangeable ball maze with foam core walls. The maze must have a start and finish point, several drop holes, and at least a 1/2 inch path width. Students are assigned several tasks including researching mazes, sketching design ideas, creating technical drawings, building the completed maze following constraints, and writing assembly instructions. Guidance and examples are provided for each task.

1. Maze Design
Challenge
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2. Design Challenge
• You are going to design a 6 inch x 6 inch x 1/2inch interchangeable
ball maze. With a standard base.
Constraints
¼in x ¼in foam core walls
The ball is 5/16-inch diameter at least a ½ inch paths
Include several drop holes. The maze should be challenging butt not
impossible.
Maze needs a start and finish

3. Tasks and Point Value
1. Research -10 points
2. 3 Thumbnail Design Sketches -10 points
3. Drawings- 1 isometric and 1 orthographic drawing -30 points
4. Completed maze and base following constraints -35 points
5. Maze Instruction Technical Document –15 Points

4. Task 1 Research and questions
Google Images Look at some of these ball labyrinth Pictures.
What is something you notice about the labyrinth designs?
What's the difference between a labyrinth and Maze? (Internet research)
The difference between mazes and labyrinths is that labyrinths have a
single continuous path which leads to the centre, and as long as you keep
going forward, you will get there eventually. Mazes have multiple paths
which branch off and will not necessarily lead to the centre
Some of you have not done a maze in a while try some of these mazes to
refresh your mind on how to solve a maze.
https://www.mathsisfun.com/games/mazes.html Try Hard!

5. Task 1 Research and questions continued
Student Watch the video and answer the questions below in complete
sentences.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjHkNfcL1oM&feature=emb_logo
• What are the roles of the two main people in this video?
• Corn maze designer and farmer
• What is the process for laying out the corn maze in the corn?
• The fast-growing corn sprouts in about a week, and when it's 3 to 6
inches tall, the design is cut in. While The Maize Company originally
used a modified weed whacker to cut paths in the corn
• What technology do they use to look at the maze from the air?
• A drone

6. Task 2- Brainstorming Thumbnail Sketches
• Take a piece of paper and draw three, 3in x 3in squares on it in the
squares think about how you want to design your maze and sketch 3
designs ideas out.
• Things to remember
• Create the start and finish first then your path
• It's your design It can be one long path, have multiple ways to win, or dead
ends. Have fun with the design
• Try to keep your design to horizontal and vertical paths
• Hole placement
• The user

7. Brainstorming Thumbnail Sketch Example

8. Insert a picture of your brainstorming sketches

9. Task 3 Drawing
• Thinking about the designs you created on task two create your final
design drawings.
• First create the Single view drawing on square ¼ inch graph
paper(preferred) or online graph paper
• Then Create the isometric drawing on isometric graph paper or
isometric online graph paper

10. Examples
Isometric Example
Using Isometric Graph
Paper.
Single View example. Using regular
Graph paper.

11. Insert a picture or screenshot of your single
view drawing

12. Insert a picture or screenshot of your
isometric drawing

13. Task 4 Building/Assembly
• Part/cut list
Item How many Size in Inch's
Side A 2 6 x 1 ¼ x ¼
Side B 2 6 ½ x 1 ¼ x ¼
Inner Ledge A 2 6 x ½ x ¼
Inner Ledge B 2 5 ½ x ½ x ¼
Base and maze
board
2 6 x 6 x ¼

14. Pictures

15. Insert Pictures of your Final project