Turbo mousetrap

cart: Need for cheese!

How to build the Mouse Trap Car

Goals & Objectives

● To demonstrate how there are alternative ways besides fuel and power sources to make vehicles move

● To leave with a functional moving car● To be able to explain how the car works

Energy, Motion and Friction

● Energy:● What is energy?● From where we have energy● Is our cart in need of a source of energy to

work?

● Motion ● What is motion?● Transforming energy to move the cart

Energy, Motion and Friction

● Friction● What is friction● Transforming energy into heat● Not all the friction is negative

● How does friction affect the motion of a vehicle?● Without friction our cart can not move● The friction convert energy that can be use to

move the cart into heat that we do not need!!!

What is a turbo mousetrap cart and how does it work?

● A turbo mousetrap cart is a vehicle that is powered by the energy of a wound-up mousetrap spring.

● The string is wound around the axle by the turning of the wheels, the snappper’s lever arm is pulled close to the drive axle causing the mouse trap's “wind-up” and store energy. When the string is released the drive axle by the mousetrap will cause the wheels to rotate.

About the mousetrap- Materials

● String ● Connector Strips● Perpendicular Blocks● 5mm Dowels● Pulleys● Galvanized Colored Wire ● Mousetrap● Slide Stop Material ● #12-½” Screws ● #10 Washers ● Gears● Wheels ● Rubber bands

Steps

Get Ready

to

Race !!!!!!