Report Copyright Infringement View in OSM UK

Description

Use toy cars to hit targets, score points and make adjustments to make better scores

Resources

Selection of toy cars
Board/tubes wide enough for cars to roll down
Bricks/books to heighten/lower steepness of board/tubes
Tape to mark out target areas
Score cards (optional)
Leader board (optional)

Instructions

Working in a team:
1. Set up launch with a board or tubes
2. Mark out target areas in front of launch
3. Add score cards to indicate how many points will be scored in each target area
4. Ask teams to choose a car
5, Ask teams to decide how high to make their launch
6. Teams launch cars (decide how hard to push or not)
7. Allocate point depending on where the car stops
8. Let teams make adjustments to the launch and repeat (either as a timed activity or set number of launches)
9. Add up total score and add to leader board

Tags

• cars
• experiment
• grand prix
• Team challenge

Badge Links

• Experiment - Experiment
• Teamwork - Team game