Making balloon propelled cars
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Description
Making balloon propelled cars from a defined set of resources
KEY CONCEPTS- Newton’s laws of motion, kinetic energy, potential energy
Resources
Corrugated card cut to various sizes, Drinking straws, wooden skewers, bottle tops (4 per cubs and each pair needs to be the same), balloons, sticky tape/masking tape, scissors
Instructions
See the last few minutes of the following you tube link.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A963BG3k_h4
or https://www.sciencebuddies.org/stem-activities/balloon-car
Please familiarise yourself with the last few minutes of the video which shows the car made using corrugated card. Demonstration models will be made to show the group.
Tags
- balloon car
- model car
- science
- scientist
Badge Links
- Creative - Activity
- Creative - Model
- Scientist - Real World