Cars can fly in Villa Victoria Academy
July 29, 2019 at 12:37 p.m.
Using only lifesavers, tape, straws and paper, students in the Young Engineers Club in Villa Victoria Academy, Ewing, were recently challenged to build a car that could move two meters with just the use of air. Through creativity, hard work, and many failed attempts, the students figured out the car shapes that move best through the air, and which type of sails can best catch the air and push an object forward.
The club was created to bring together third through fifth graders and open their minds to an engineering project. Before building, they explored the process that engineers use, and thought about all the different ways things can move. They were shown model cars and pictures of objects that use a sail to move.
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Using only lifesavers, tape, straws and paper, students in the Young Engineers Club in Villa Victoria Academy, Ewing, were recently challenged to build a car that could move two meters with just the use of air. Through creativity, hard work, and many failed attempts, the students figured out the car shapes that move best through the air, and which type of sails can best catch the air and push an object forward.
The club was created to bring together third through fifth graders and open their minds to an engineering project. Before building, they explored the process that engineers use, and thought about all the different ways things can move. They were shown model cars and pictures of objects that use a sail to move.
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