Design 3: Mousetrap Car

Design 3: Mousetrap Car

Materials:

• Mousetrap
• Paint Sticks
• Pens
• Cd's
• Fishing line
• Hanger
• Glue

The main force for this experiment is the Mousetrap. The paint sticks will be used as the base of the car.

Brief Procedure:

1. Attach the overlapping paint sticks to the wheels and axles which were made out of the Cd's and pens.
2. Place the mouse trap on the paint sticks (base).
3. Take the hanger and attach it to the mouse trap.
4. Attach the fishing line to the hanger and pull it back toward the axle.
5. Wind the fishing line around the axle and release it. This will cause the car to accelerate forward.