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In this activity about friction and gravity (page seven of the pdf), learners use toy racing cars to explore how the two forces affect the motion of objects.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 4 - 8 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners design miniature cars. Learners can create a telephone car, soccer car, merry-go-round car, or any other theme car they can imagine.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - 14 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity, learners create painting machines that can paint moving forwards and backwards.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 8 - 18 30 to 45 minutes
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In this fun hands-on activity, learners create a safety device to protect an egg "passenger" in a toy car crash. Learners experiment with different solutions to this very problem.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - 11 10 to 30 minutes
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In this engineering activity, challenge learners to design a car using only 3 straws, 4 Lifesavers™, 1 piece of paper, 2 paper clips, tape, and scissors.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - 11 10 to 30 minutes
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In this design challenge activity, learners build a car that can travel at least four feet using rubber band power and use the design process to debug problems.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 8 - 14 30 to 45 minutes
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Build a car that runs on air. Using household materials, experiment with the power of air to create thrust powerful enough to move a homemade car.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 4 - 11 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity, learners explore the unseen force of friction and how surfaces can slow moving objects at different rates.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 4 - 11 10 to 30 minutes