Each group needs:

• piece of drawing paper, for engineer illustration, one per student
• 1 cardboard box cover (such as the cover from a box that contains 10 reams of copy machine paper)
• Ping-Pong ball
• masking tape
• 10 feet (305 cm) string
• 4 plastic spoons
• 4 film canisters
• 6 pencils
• 4 plastic cups
• 12 rubber bands
• 12 paper clips
• (optional) 1 mouse trap (see Safety Issues section)
• Engineering Design Process Worksheet, one per student
• Engineering Challenge Design Packet, one per student