Games
Pulley Elevator
It is a game where kids operate a pulley system to lift objects, mimicking an elevator
Materials
- Cardboards
- Bottle Cap
- Sausage Stick
- Thread
- Masking Tape
- Double Tape
- Scissors
- Straw
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Checklist
Older game
how to play
Divide the children into groups of 2–3. Begin with a story, such as engineers building an elevator for a tall building to help people and goods move up and down more easily. Provide each group with cardboard wheels ,bottlecap, strings, and small containers like paper cups to act as the elevator cabin. Their challenge is to design a pulley elevator that can lift small objects—like pebbles, erasers, or toy figures—from the ground to the top. Encourage them to fix the pulley wheel at a higher point, thread the string, and attach the container securely. If they face difficulty, give hints such as: What happens if you pull the string down quickly or slowly? How does tying the string tightly help? Can the elevator move both up and down smoothly? Once built, allow the children to test their pulley elevators by lifting and lowering objects, experimenting with speed and control. This way, they explore mechanics, balance, and problem-solving in a playful way.
Challanges
- You have to lift up a load from the base to a certain height using the idea of an elevator.
- How tall an elevator can you design and make it work?
- Challenge them to adjust the pulley system to see how quickly they can lift a certain weight.
- You can provide them with different-shaped objects and let them experiment balancing the load in the elevator.
- Can multiple pulleys be used in this, and how can it make the differences?
Questions to be asked
- How do the differences in weight change the system of pulley and its speed?
- If more weights are added, what changes need to be made?
- What differences can be seen when only one bottle cap is moved and when both the caps are moved?
- What should be done to move the elevator faster?