Rubber Band Car Designs For Distance

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Rubber band car designs for distance.

6 rubber band car designs use a body axle and wheels to teach potential and kinetic energy. Must carry a ping pong ball and distance will be judged based uponhow far it goes. Making a rubber band car is fun for experiments and learning about potential and kinetic energy. Distance is based on displacement.

When the rubber band unwinds and the axle spins it transforms the potential stored energy into kinetic energy or motion. With this you can design the car to speedily sprint a short distance or travel a long distance. Loop the loose end of the rubber band over the catch. When you turn the axle on the car you are giving the rubber band potential energy which is stored energy.

Wind the rubber band around the axle. Anything below 20 meters is a failing grade. And only utilize one rubber band for it s main power source. Legos cardboard and other household items are used.

One of the keys to a successful rubber band car are large wheels with rubbery grip that don t slip on the axel. Students must design their cars to travel in a straight line for a distance of at least 3 meters within a 1 meter wide track. Teams of students construct rubber band powered cars from everyday materials. It s fun and easy to build a rubber band car.

The focus of this lesson is on rubber band powered car design. Feb 1 2017 explore stephen hick s board rubber band powered cars followed by 175 people on pinterest. Powered in sime way by a 1ft section of 3 32 motor stock. Basically it s a project to build a rubber band car of any size and not use any materials designed or it s intentional use is for a car.

A stretchy science activity from science buddies. 12 x4 styrofoam board 2 drinking straws 2 kabob skewers 1ft of rubber motorstock 1 pingpong ball general shop supplies. Build a rubber band powered car. The aim of this project is distance.

This is an engineering design project. By science buddies ben finio on january 11 2018. It must travel at least 20 meters and best of all is above.