Sustainable Car
Level: Grades 3 – 8     Time: 1.5 hours

Construct a propeller driven car. Test its performance carrying light, medium and heavy cargo. Graph the energy you can save with careful vehicle weight management.

Cost: $8 per student

Connecticut Core Science Curriculum Framework 3.4 Earth materials provide resources for all living things, but these resources are limited and should be conserved. 4.1 The position and motion of objects can be changed by pushing or pulling. 7.1 Energy provides the ability to do work and can exist in many forms. 8.1 An object's inertia causes it to continue moving the way it is moving unless it is acted upon by a force to change its motion.