![]() You'll take the piece of tape and sort of wrap it in on itself. I've never really measured it to be honest. ![]() I should probably be around six inches max. The bigger you want the pouch, the bigger your strip should be. What you need to do is cut or tear a strip of duct tape. ![]() None of the other materials I tried worked as well. But I suppose you could make it out of other stuff you have on hand. When I was coming up with the design it I made it out of duct tape because that was what I had on hand. There are a lot of different ways to make the pouch. (And if a project can keep a middle schooler's attention for that long you know it has to be good!) It takes longer depending on the size of the group, too. It takes about fifteen to twenty minutes for me to make one and about forty-ish minutes for the kids. So far we have successfully run the program with my older kids as well as the elementary age kids at one of our other centers. I was surprised at how well it worked and the kids loved them. The only supplies I used were the ones I had on hand and the rubber bands I used even had to be scrounged up from other programs' supplies. This project was the result of a day's worth of trial and error. I knew that I wanted to do a series of catapults with the kids but we didn't have the supplies on hand for the more advanced designs. This was one of the projects I came up with on the fly. When I first got started at the center I had missed the deadline for requesting materials and such so I had to be a little creative for those first few weeks. I teach science and technology and do assorted projects with middle school and high school students. I work as a tech lab program lead for a youth center on the army base where I grew up. Originally this design was created for in-house use only.
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