Marble runs are one of the most fun STEM toys available. They consist of a number of different trough-shaped pieces that marbles roll through to end up at the finishing point. They help kids start to ...

Which marble run is best? Marble runs are rolling ball sculptures you build yourself. You assemble tracks in all kinds of wild configurations and watch as the marbles roll down hills, around corners ...

Kids have been having fun with marbles for thousands of years, but this incredibly cool build-it-yourself marble run takes things to a whole new level – and it's designed to inspire children to learn ...

Building your very own marble run is a great way to learn about physics, energy and emotion in a fun and playful way. Makeway is a next-generation marble run construction system that uses magnets and ...

Make an out-of-this-world marble run using household items! Make an out-of-this-world marble run using household items! This craft project is both a fun toy as well as a great hands-on lesson in ...

I’ve always liked making toys multifunctional. In fact my kids often seem to have more fun making up their own uses for them than they do playing with them in the “official” manner. Take the ...

Aren’t ball races and marble runs fun? Wouldn’t they be so much more enjoyable if you didn’t have to climb back up the ladder each time, as it were, and reset the thing? [Johannes] wrote in to tell us ...

There are few things that can keep a certain kind of mechanically-inclined mind entranced as well as a marble run, and few structures that look as interestingly organic as procedurally-generated ...