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balloon car challenge
balloon car challenge
This week's challenge is fun and hopefully simple for you to create with thing you have at home. As always, I like to encourage you to be creative and use what you have. Thank you to our friends at www.sciencebuddies.org for the cool challenges.
Background Information
Background Information
Sci Show: Bikes and Balance
Potential and Kinetic Energy
Watch the videos for more background information on force, motion and energy.
StudentWorksheet.pdfSTudent worksheet
STudent worksheet
Use this handout for instructions on how to design your balloon car.
Reflection Questions:
Reflection Questions:
How can you increase the amount of potential energy stored in your system? Could this create any problems or challenges?
For a fixed amount of initial potential energy (the balloon is inflated a certain amount), how can you maximize the distance your car travels?
CHALLENGE QUESTION: Re-test the distance your car traveled, except this time also measure the time. Can you calculate the average speed your car traveled? The equation: SPEED= DISTANCE TRAVELED/TIME ELAPSED. You may need to use a calculator for this one.
Career connections
Career connections
Check out the videos on how to become an automotive engineer. Real cars are complicated machines with many different sub-systems inside them, ranging from passenger safety features like seatbelts and airbags, to comfort features like the heating and air conditioning systems, and of course the engine and all the parts that make the car move! Automotive engineers are involved in designing all the different parts that go into building a complete car.
AUTO CAD TECHNICIAN
AUTO CAD TECHNICIAN
In this project you drew a sketch of your design before you started building your car. Computer Aided Design (CAD) technicians create computer drawings and three-dimensional models of cars during the design process and when the final designs are sent off to the factory for manufacturing.
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