Variable Car

This is the supporting files for the Learning Blade Car Mission.

This derby car is to be used by students in the testing dependent variables while calculating the car's velocity (v+d/t). There are three independent variables that can be tested by students. See below for instruction.


Instructions

Additional Equipment needed for experiment:
4 1" Small finishing nails per car made (To attach wheels to car body)
1/4" - 3/8” Washers (for weight placement variable)
Ramp: Length should be at least 1 meter long

To set up the car use the nails as axels to attache the wheels to the Variable Car Body (see image above)

The base car is set up with 4 x 1.5” wheels, and no weights. The print files allow for students to test the how the car's velocity changes when you change one of the independent variables.

The two variables that can be changed on the Variable Car are wheel size and weight of the car.