Mousetrap Car Designs

Most of the time for mousetrap car assignments all students will be required to use the same size of mousetrap so that everyone s car designs have the same amount of power.

Mousetrap car designs. When the trap snapped closed it yanked the string forward. However if you don t have this restriction feel free to use the most powerful mousetrap you can find. The design of your car allowed that energy to be transferred to the axle to make the wheels turn. I made these mousetrap car plans to be used with 4 h clubs where i live in new hampshire.

Bigger traps like rat traps provide much more power than basic. Student groups will design construct and race their mousetrap cars while learning about energy transfer simple machines and speed. Oct 28 2017 explore highlightsbytht s board mouse trap cars on pinterest. There are many different ways to build a mousetrap car.

After building a couple of doc fizzix s mousetrap car kits i designed several of my own cars although it was basically two different major designs and then small variations. See more ideas about mouse traps mousetrap car science projects. A mousetrap car makes for a great science project physics classroom experiment or a fun weekend activity. Student designed mousetrap cars are a great way to incorporate engineering and design principles into your physics unit.

While there are several other good mousetrap car instructables and videos to be found out there and many car designs that travel faster and farther i like these plans for their simplicity and ability to adapt and modify. As the string was pulled friction between it and the axle caused the axle to rotate spinning the wheels and moving the car forward.