Quarter 2:

Letter_ MOUSETRAP CAR.pdf
EspanolLetter: MOUSETRAP CAR.pdf

ASK

What's the problem? | Define constraints

How can you design and build a car powered by a mouse trap that will travel in a straight line at the highest speed?

Constraints:

  • There is a $10 budget on material (keep receipts)

  • Recycled items will be $0

  • The car must be able to hold a ping pong ball while it travels


Materials:


Imagine

|Explore Ideas| |Brainstorm Design Ideas| |Explore Topic|



Plan

|Pick One Idea| |Draw and Label the Idea| |Identify needed materials or condition|

Blue Team

Green Team

CREATE

|Carry out the Plan| |Create the Prototype| |Test the Design (Did it Solve the Problem)|


Improve

|Reflect on Results| |Plan for, create, and test a new (improved) design|