1. Solar Car

2. K’Nex Basic
If you’ve never used K’Nex before, read over these instructions to help you get started!

3. Check Out

9. Questions Ask to go outside to answer your questions.
Which spins faster, the gear attached to the motor or the gear that turns the wheel?
How many times faster does the motor spin than the big yellow wheel?
Why is the model designed like this?

10. Questions Ask to go outside to answer your questions.
Check out a compass and determine which direction is North, South, East and West.
Measure out a distance of two meters in each direction. Have your car travel the two meters and time how long it takes to travel these two meters. Calculate the speed of your car.
Speed = Distance/Time
In which direction did it go the fastest?
Record this information in your Word document

11. Questions Ask to go outside to answer your questions.
Check out a protractor.
Determine what the angle of your solar panel is.
Using the direction that your car traveled the fastest, change the angle of the solar panel to 20 and 0 degrees.
Calculate the speed of your car as it travels two meters.
Explain how and why they angle changed the speed of your car.