Cricket and sensor title (12k)
Gerbil Maze


We got the idea to build
the gerbil maze from watching Andrea work on her gerbil house. The gerbil maze ended up being a huge project that everybody worked on. Xavier sketched out the plans and we all worked on building it. -Joaquin

Questions we have:


  • What is their favorite food?
  • Which one is smarter?
  • Which one is faster?
  • What is their favorite color?
  • Do they drink water?

  • Gerbil maze (34k)

    Making observations (13k) watching a gerbil
    in the maze
    Entrance to maze (13k) Entrance to the
    racing maze
    Food court detail (13k) Table in the
    food court area


    
    

      Logo for the maze
    Lightbulb (10k)

                                    

    Materials:
    10 blue dot crickets
     3 reflectance sensors
    10 digital displays
     6 light sensors


    Other gerbil projects:

  • The wheel ride
  • How fast are they?
  • Project ideas
    What's a Cricket?
    Technical info
    BBB overview
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