🔄 E7 Wind It Up!

The Prototype Workshop Olympics are here, and the athletes are toys that store energy. Wind them, spin them, launch them!

Explorers, Foundation. Engineer Stamp: Spring Spinner.

Lessons

1. The flywheel car: Rub the wheels on the floor, let go… and it keeps going! Magic?
2. The spring catapult: Boing! Where does the power to fly come from?
3. Stronger push, faster car: Does a bigger push always mean a faster car?
4. Tortoise and hare: Remember the story? Slow and steady… Let’s build the tortoise!
5. Design Day: Pompom goal: Prototype Workshop Olympics, event one: the pompom goal!
6. Showcase: Pompom Olympics: Gold, silver and bronze for the most cup landings!

Design challenge

Build a launcher that lands a pompom in a cup 1 metre away.

Engineering ideas

• Stored Energy
• Flywheel
• Levers

Standards: K-PS2-1, K-PS2-2