Race Car

Race Time

  • Which force makes the car move?
  • Which force makes the car stop?
  • What can make the car go faster or slower?
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Pit Stop

  • Building instructions book “B," pages 4 – 18
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Test Car

Experiment 1:

  • Test your car with the medium-sized wheels to see how far it'll go.
  • Pull the launcher back to position 5.

Let’s race!

Experiment 2:

  • Now test your car with small gray wheels and the large white wheels.

What did you see?

  • Which forces did you observe?
  • Did you see any patterns?
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