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Exploring Variables While Testing & Improving Mint-Mobiles
| Content Provider | TeachEngineering: STEM curriculum for K-12 |
|---|---|
| Author | Herrmann, Lesley Rivale, Stephanie Carlson, Denise W. |
| Copyright Year | 2010 |
| Description | Students design, build and test model race cars made from simple materials—lifesaver-shaped candies, plastic drinking straws, Popsicle sticks, index cards, tape—as a way to explore independent, dependent and control variables. Students design, build and test model race cars made from simple materials (lifesaver-shaped candies, plastic drinking straws, Popsicle sticks, index cards, tape) as a way to explore independent, dependent and control variables. They measure the changes in distance travelled with the addition of mass to the vehicles. Students also practice the steps of the engineering design process by brainstorming, planning, building, testing, and improving their "mint-mobiles." |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights Holder | Regents of The University of Colorado |
| Subject Keyword | Measurement Physical Science Measuring Variables Simple Cars Mass Independent Variable Testing Variables Racecar Dependent Variable Friction Race Car Mint Candies Design Process Mint Mobiles Brainstorming Engineering Design Process |
| Content Type | Text Video |
| Time Required | PT45M |
| Education Level | Class III Class IV Class V |
| Pedagogy | Experimental Activity Lecture cum Demonstration |
| Resource Type | Hands-on |
| Subject | Physics Geometry |
