Materials List:
Wind Makes the Wheels Go ‘Round
https://www.teachengineering.org/activities/view/uof-2317-wind-powered-car-engineering-design
To share with the entire class:
- chart paper or large sticky notes
- The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Picture Book Edition by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer
- other books about cars, wind energy, wind powered objects (windmills, wind turbines, gliders, sail boats, etc. – optional)
- box fan
- wooden cars
- chenille pipe cleaners
- paper (different thickness)
- plastic material (different thicknesses)
- popsicle sticks
- hot glue gun/hot glue sticks
- toilet tissue/paper towel rolls
- different types of tape (clear, masking, duct)
- white glue and/or glue sticks
- scissors
- plain paper for drawing potential designs
Each group needs:
- meter stick (for testing and measuring distance traveled)
- Engineering Design Process Worksheet (for each student)
- Self-Evaluation Rubric (for each student)
- STEM Challenge Rubric (for each student)
- materials for final presentation:
- poster boards and markers (optional for final presentation)
- laptops or tablets with PowerPoint or AdobeSpark (optional for final presentation)