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What is a Mouse Trap powered car?

A mouse trap-powered racer is a vehicle that is powered by the energy of a wound-up mousetrap's spring. The car works when one end of a string is tied to the arm on the mousetrap and the other end is wound around an axle. By winding the string around the axle the mousetrap's spring is stretched providing stored energy. As the mousetrap is released it pulls the string off of the axle causing the wheels to turn and making the car move
 

How do you build a mouse trap powered racer?

There are many ways to build a mousetrap powered vehicle. The best way  is to apply your knowledge of the laws of physics, finding a balance between all the parts and any variables that affect the mouse trap vehicles performance. 

There are many good designs that will work, you need to test your vehicle and make changes to improve the performance of your mouse trap vehicle.  Check out the video and the link below to find out more.

Open the Instructions and save them to your Google Drive. Type your answers right in to the document. Click Here for the Instructions.

Watch the two videos to see examples of what we are going to do