Games
Rubber Cart
In this games, kids create a car powered by a stretched rubber band which moves forward in a high speed when they let of the rubberband.
Materials
- Cardboard
- Masking Tape
- Bottle Cap
- Straw
- Sausage Stick
- Scissor
- Paper Cup
- Pebbles
- Rubber
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Checklist
Older game
how to play
Challanges
- Let them choose how many rubber bands they want to use.
- Give them fewer rubber bands than they ask for. Add some weight to the launcher.
- Letting them figure out how it works on their own can be a challenge.
Questions to be asked
- What else could we use instead of a rubber band to make the car go? Why not use thread?
- What changes when we use a longer or shorter rubber band?
- How can we make our rubber band car go faster?
- How far do you think your rubber band car can travel when you wind it up really tight?