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Build and Race Air-Powered Lego Cars
Brigitte Robin, M.S., M.A.
Average rating:5.0Number of reviews:(8)
In this one-session hands-on live course, we will build and race air-powered Lego cars. Materials needed include Legos (wheels, base for cars, blocks), straws, balloons, scissors, measuring tape/ruler, and packing tape.
Class experience
US Grade 3 - 6
Intermediate Level
In this one-session hands-on live course, we will build and race air-powered Lego cars. Materials needed include Legos (wheels, base for cars, blocks), straws, balloons, scissors, and packing tape. Each student will build two cars, with only one thing different between them. For example, one child may have two identical cars but the exhaust pipe (the straw) on one will be longer than the other. By racing both cars, that child can answer the question, How does the length of the exhaust...
Students will learn about Newton's Third Law of Motion, friction, potential energy, and kinetic energy.
I am a certified science teacher.
1 file available upon enrollmentMaterials: Legos (wheels, base for cars, blocks), straws, balloons, scissors, and packing tape.
For younger children, parents may need to help cut the lip off the balloon and tape it to the straw in an air-tight manner.
Average rating:5.0Number of reviews:(8)
I am a New York-certified teacher with about a decade of teaching experience at the primary and secondary levels. Most of my experience has been in teaching science in New York public schools. I also have taught for nonprofit organizations and...
Group Class
$18
per classMeets once
45 min
Completed by 3 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 9-11
1-6 learners per class
