Thursday, October 31, 2013

Mighty Mousetraps

Thank you for your kind words and prayers for my husband who is in the hospital today and for the next day or two.  He is getting better.  I hope you had great fun at the Harvest party, and in celebration, just a wee bit of homework to prepare for science next week.  Do a Google-image search to find pictures of cool mousetrap cars which you might emulate when we start building them in the next few weeks.  Copy and paste them onto a document and print it out--try to find 4 good pictures of different models.
Also, begin collecting parts for wheels; old CDs or toy wheels or a large vinyl record, plastic lids or ???  Whatever you have, share the extra, and experiment.  >>>If you have balsa wood or other lightweight wood or other items to experiment with, bring it in too. 

Here are a couple of youtube videos of mousetrap cars in action:


And of course there are lots of youtube videos of what others have built and raced.  If you find a great one, share in the comments below.




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