Wind Powered Cars
by Liana Gillespie
In this hands-on lesson, students build small-scale wind-powered cars. They construct an understanding that energy is transferred from the wind to the sail car. Students explain how they used experimentation and testing to iteratively revise their designs and use a data sheet to track this information.
Lesson Plan Link/URL
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1wCrDkNAltpm0-L8nfSSRfPt3N-6H6pS_/edit?u…Subject Area
Science Physical Science P3: Net Force Engineering S2: Apply the Engineering Design Process S4: Apply Science to Engineering Mathematics Measurement and Data (MD)
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