The Racecar Book

Build and Race Mousetrap Cars, Dragsters, Tri-Can Haulers & More

Kids, Natural World, Experiments and Projects, Two Wheels, Four Wheels, No Wheels, Transportation, Cars and Trucks, Nonfiction, Home & Garden, Crafts & Hobbies, Toymaking
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Author: Bobby Mercer ISBN: 9781613747179
Publisher: Chicago Review Press Publication: October 1, 2013
Imprint: Chicago Review Press Language: English
Author: Bobby Mercer
ISBN: 9781613747179
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
Publication: October 1, 2013
Imprint: Chicago Review Press
Language: English

A project book for young readers with a need for speed, this work provides instruction on 25 easy-to-construct racecars that can be driven both indoors and out. They will learn how to use mousetraps, rubber bands, chemical reactions, gravity, and air pressure to power the cars that are made for little or no cost using recycled and repurposed materials. Readers will discover how to turn a potato chip can, a rubber band, and weights into a Chip-Can Dancer; retrofit a car with a toy plane propeller to make an air-powered Prop Car; and use an effervescent tablet in a small canister to make an impressive rocket engine for a Mini Pop Car. Each project is accompanied by a materials list, detailed step-by-step instructions with photos, and explanations of the science behind each racecar, including concepts such as friction, Newton’s laws of motion, and kinetic and potential energy.

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A project book for young readers with a need for speed, this work provides instruction on 25 easy-to-construct racecars that can be driven both indoors and out. They will learn how to use mousetraps, rubber bands, chemical reactions, gravity, and air pressure to power the cars that are made for little or no cost using recycled and repurposed materials. Readers will discover how to turn a potato chip can, a rubber band, and weights into a Chip-Can Dancer; retrofit a car with a toy plane propeller to make an air-powered Prop Car; and use an effervescent tablet in a small canister to make an impressive rocket engine for a Mini Pop Car. Each project is accompanied by a materials list, detailed step-by-step instructions with photos, and explanations of the science behind each racecar, including concepts such as friction, Newton’s laws of motion, and kinetic and potential energy.

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