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Mouse Trap Racing in the Computer Age!
| Content Provider | TeachEngineering: STEM curriculum for K-12 |
|---|---|
| Author | Khazron, Pavel |
| Copyright Year | 2013 |
| Description | Students design, build and evaluate a spring-powered mouse trap racer. For evaluation, teams equip their racers with an intelligent brick from a LEGO© MINDSTORMS© EV3 Education Core Set and a HiTechnic© acceleration sensor. Students design, build and evaluate a spring-powered mouse trap racer. For evaluation, teams equip their racers with an intelligent brick from a LEGO© MINDSTORMS© EV3 Education Core Set and a HiTechnic© acceleration sensor. They use acceleration data collected during the launch to compute velocity and displacement vs. time graphs. In the process, students learn about the importance of fitting mathematical models to measurements of physical quantities, reinforce their knowledge of Newtonian mechanics, deal with design compromises, learn about data acquisition and logging, and carry out collaborative assessment of results from all participating teams. |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights Holder | Regents of The University of Colorado Polytechnic Institute of New York University |
| Subject Keyword | Algebra Data Analysis and Probability Measurement Number and Operations Physics Science and Technology Robot Acceleration Kinematic Equations Displacement Force Velocity Programming |
| Content Type | Text |
| Time Required | PT4H |
| Education Level | Class IX Class X Class XI Class XII |
| Pedagogy | Experimental Activity |
| Resource Type | Hands-on |
| Subject | Modern Physics Number Sense and Numeration Geometry Probability Technical |
