Aim: To make the prettiest wind racer
Research: This link is how we’re planning to build our wind racer. How to make a wind car
Results:
Provided Materials:
- Cardboard
- Paper
- Tape
- String
- Popsicle sticks
- Bamboo stick
- Race trolley
Method: We made the sail out of paper, we printed out pictures and stuck it on the sail. All of us drew a picture because we were limited on printing things, but me and Stephanie weren’t there on the day the race began.
Discussion: To make our wind racer move we have to use the 4 forces. (Support, gravity, thrust, and force). To make the wind racer to go faster we have to force and to make it slower we have to use thrust.
Conclusion: When we raced our wind racer, unfortunately we didn’t win. Our wind racer would turn in another direction which also made our wind racer stop and fall over. I think we payed to much attention to making our wind racer look good then making sure it can actually run properly. Next time I hope we pay more attention to building a better sail than looks as well.