Materials List:
Creative Engineering Design:
Mouse Trap Car Design Challenge
https://www.teachengineering.org/activities/view/ced-2705-mouse-trap-cars-engineering-design
Mouse Trap Car Design Challenge
For each student pair:
- 1 mousetrap
- 10 craft sticks
- 36” fishing line, string or heavy thread
- 2 sticks hot glue
- 2 BBQ skewers
- 2 straws
- Unlimited cardboard
- Unlimited duct tape
Materials for wheels that can be provided in class or provided by students:
- Bottle tops
- Small plastic plates
- Toilet or paper towel roll
- CDs
- Film canisters
- Jar lids, etc.
Optional materials for car body:
- Wood
- Boxes
- Plastic bottles or containers, etc.