Materials List: Scrub the Scum, Save the Shine:
Engineering Motor-Driven Brushes

Each student needs:

Each group needs:

For the entire class to share:

  • variety of “bristle” materials (e.g., toothbrushes, hairbrushes, sponges, felt, yarn, pipe cleaners, sandpaper)
  • dry erase markers
  • double-sided foam tape at least 1 cm wide
  • cardboard/variety of paper
  • pencils/markers
  • wire strippers
  • scissors
  • glue and/or hot glue   
  • magic markers
  • (optional) craft eyes, decorations, small masses
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