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Balloon Cars Challenge

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Have you ever inflated a balloon and let it go to watch it zoom all around the room? You can put that energy to work with a balloon-powered car. First build and test a prototype balloon car and then redesign the car to improve its performance. How fast or how far will the car go?

Concepts

  • Newton’s laws
  • Friction
  • Engineering design