Rocket Cars
February 26, 2004

Build a car.  Place a quarter of an Alka-Seltzer in water (or baking soda in vinegar) and close the lid.

Wear safety goggles.
Place the film container against the wall and the car in front of it.

Wait some times more than than a minute.

The lid pops off and sends the car rolling.

 
 
 


9 Feet                               20 feet

 

Then we tried to set up the Mars communications tower.

That worked.

Another challenge on the Mission Mars it to pick up loops.
Since the tower goes up with levers there might be some way to pick up things with levers.
LEGO Links of Linda Hamilton hamilton@marshall.edu