Design Challenge: Design a non-motorized vehicle to travel down the Root Canal Speedway Course. The winning vehicle will be the one that travels the farthest.
Fifth graders used their knowledge about momentum, mass, gravity and other "Motion and Design" concepts to build a vehicle out of K'Nex pieces that would travel the farthest down our hallway ramps. Students identified at least two problems/goals for the vehicle and planned a modification to address each one. Each vehicle also had to safely hold a "Mr. Fehling doll" that could easily enter/exit the vehicle.