Racecar Book: Build and Race Mousetrap Cars, Dragsters, Tri-Can Haulers & More

Racecar Book: Build and Race Mousetrap Cars, Dragsters, Tri-Can Haulers & More — page 5
Introduction Ever since the first cavemen decided to leave their caves humans have searched for new ways to move The wheel allowed mankind to move faster across the landscape and wheels led to racing Racing cars is a sport that never grows old Mousetrap-powered cars rubber band powered racers and edible car contests are common in science and technology classes Contest hints and ideas are given for each type of car found in this book Many cars on these pages are easily adaptable for science fair projects Have fun experiment and change any of these designs you’re the engineer Most of all homemade cars are a blast to play with Just think of yourself as an early racing pioneer as you build and race these vehicles Many of the racecars can be built with stuff easily found in the house or garage Some involve a trip to the hardware store but all are easy to build For Teachers The curiosity created by building and testing cars may lead a child into the arena of sci ence technology engineering and math commonly called STEM And classes designed to emphasize STEM ideals are at the forefront of our educational system ix