Rubberband Cars

September 10, 2013
http://netapps.marshall.edu/lego/lessonplans/RubberBandCar.html

The third graders were very successful at building pull back cars.


The strain energy in a stretched rubber band can make a car go far.

They tried many variables:
tire size
rubber band size
car length

Many ways work.
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