Toy Specification Page

Summary/Abstract Format

School Name: St. Charles Borromeo

Student Name: Stephanie

Date: April 25, 2000

Name of Toy: Out of This World Oragami Cup Game

Overview of the toy: What will it do on Mars?

You will fold the cup and then you can attach the string and ball. Then you try to get the ball into the cup.

Materials: Paper, scissors, string, and ball

Procedure: For constructing toy/rules for playing

Cut out a square of paper and then fold as instructed on pattern. Then you can attach the string and ball to the cup and try to get the ball in the cup. The rules are any number of people can play and they each try five times to get the ball in the cup. Whoever gets the most in wins!

Size: 24cm x 9cm x 5cm x 9cm

Mass: 23.4 grams

Color: blue, yellow, white, and green

Notes: Describe anything special about your toy/helpful hints

Helpful hints: Hold the cup in front of you and slowly bring the ball up into the cup.

Description: Blue, white, yellow, and green origami cup with planet ball and string.

Possible failures: Describe anything that could go wrong with your toy on Mars.

When not being used the cup could float away. Another thing that might go wrong could be the ball not coming down to the attached cup.

1-G Behavior: Describe what your toys does on Earth.

When thrown in the cup with the string, the ball goes in the cup.

Packaging: Describe how you would package the toy to transport it to Mars.

To package it, we put the game in a small box with bubble wrap so it doesn’t move around.

Science Concepts/Evaluation: Predict how the toy might behave on Mars. Explain your prediction.

I predict that the toy will behave normally on Mars except the ball might not come back down into the cup. I expect this might happen because of the small amount of gravity on Mars. Even though there is a string attached so it won’t float away, it might not come back down.