MOUSETRAP POWERED CARS

Learn the science and the physics of building a mousetrap-powered vehicle through hands-on STEM activities. The Mousetrap Project Instructors/Science Fair Pack is a collection of activities that will teach students the science of building mousetrap vehicles. Through each activity students will learn all about the many variables that affect one and another and how they relate to the performance of a mousetrap vehicle. Over 69 pages of high-level activities and handouts that can be printed and passed out to students for an advance study of the science behind building a record setting mouse trap powered car. The Activities are the same as those found in The Secrets to Success but they come ready to print and pass out to your students. The activities are written for high school level students and beyond. The instructors pack comes with printable handouts, Excel sheets, and plans designed to help teach students all about the many different variables that affect a mouse trap racer.

Made for the visual learner, diagrams provide clarification for the detailed printed instructions on building various types of racers for speed, distance, or performance goals. Included are scientific terms and definitions, application of physics, contests ideas, lab activities, formulas, supplies, assembly instrucitons, designing ideas, troubleshooting guides, and so much more.

The included Excel sheets are designed to go along with the activities in the Printable Guide so that students can record and organize their data as they do each experiment. Each Excel file is a small software program that produces a variety of graphs and performs a ton of calculations based on simple measurements taken from a students mousetrap vehicle project. For example, based on measurements of mass, wheel diameter, lever arm length, spring constant, and several other measurements, the Excel sheets can produce graphs of distance vs. Time, speed vs. time, acceleration vs. time and many other such graphs. This powerful program will also calculate the vehicle's total starting energy, the coefficient of friction, the starting torque, the power output, and the total number of wheel rotations. Sample data is included for comparison between results.

Includes full copy of Mousetrap Cars: the Secrets to Success! is the most up-to-date and informative mousetrap powered vehicle manual ever written and with all new earth-shattering, top secret, construction tips and tricks written to eliminate the guesswork! Selected by students and teachers world wide as the single best resource available for building winning and record setting mousetrap powered racers. Learn how to build the ultimate speed-trap dragsters, long distance travelers, boats, and more! Easy to follow, step-by-step plans, written for beginners and seasoned veterans alike. Mousetrap Cars: The Secrets to Success includes over 159 pages of images, diagrams, top secret construction tips, step-by-step instructions, formulas, experiments, and so much more. Paging through The Secret to Success you will quickly see that it is so much more than a "how-to-guide", it is the ONLY publication that will actually teach you the physics and the science behind building a top performing and/or winning mousetrap powered vehicle.

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• Mousetrap Cars: secrets to success (sample)

Top Highlights:

• Put together for teachers and for students participating in a science fair who need the extra in depth information. Comes with printable handouts, Excel sheets, and plans designed to help teach students all about the many different variables that affect a mouse trap racer
• Learn all about the many variables that affect one and another and how they relate to the performance of a mousetrap vehicle.
• The most up-to-date and informative mousetrap powered vehicle manual ever written with all new earth-shattering, top secret, construction tips and tricks!
• Written by Doc Fizzix for students of all ages. Filled with tons of images and diagrams designed for visual learners in order to eliminate the guesswork.
• Selected by students and teachers world wide as the best single resource available for learning how to build winning and record setting mousetrap powered racers.
• Mousetrap Cars: the Secrets to Success includes over 159 pages of images, diagrams, top secret construction tips, step-by-step instructions, formulas, experiments, and so much more.
• Not just a "how-to-guide" it is the ONLY publication that will teach you the actual physics and science behind building a top performing and winning mousetrap powered vehicle.
• Doc Fizzix was the 1996 Science Texas science teacher of the year and has set both the speed-trap and long distance world records for a vehicle powered by a standard sized mousetrap.
• Mousetrap cars: the secrets to success was the first publication ever written that was devoted exclusively to building contest winning mouse trap powered cars, boats, and vehicles and has sold more than 300,000 copies worldwide.
• All our products are 100% made in the U.S.A by Doc Fizzix in Spicewood, TX.

Includes the following:

• Mousetrap Cars: the Secrets to Success
• The Secrets to Success: Activity Guide
• 3x - Excel Data Collection Files
• 2x - Excel Sample Data Files

What the Excel files will do:

• Graph Speed
• Graph Distance
• Graph Acceleration
• Graph Force
• Graph Potential Energy
• Graph Kinetic Energy
• Graph Work
• Graph Friction
• Graph Tension
• Graph Torque
• Graph String used
• Finding the spring constant
• Finding Friction
• Finding Rotational Inertia
• Finding Starting Energy
• Finding Work and Energy lost
• Finding Gear Ratio
• Finding Mechanical advantage
• Predicting Travel Distance
• Predicting Speed
• And MORE!

Science Concepts:

• Motion
• Friction
• Forces
• Momentum
• Center of Mass
• Rotational Inertia
• Energy
• Torque

Construction Secrets:

• What is a mousetrap car and how does it work?
• How to reducing friction
• How to make a variable drive gear
• How to add steering
• How to make large wheels
• How to increase traction
• How to adjust the torque
• Basic propulsion system
• Axle hooks systems
• How to make a super string lever arm

Activities:

• Graphing Motion
• Finding Friction
• Finding Rotational Inertia
• Finding the starting Energy
• Graphing Energy
• Finding Work and energy lost
• Finding Gear Ratio
• Predicting Travel Distance

Page Count : 159 pages.

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