Summer STEM Challenge Engineering Design Process Build a Rubber Band Car
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Do your students love STEM Activities? Your students will love making a rubber band car to demonstrate potential and kinetic energy! This is a great STEM Activity using the engineering design process. Students will design and test their prototype and redesign in this STEM activity. Rubber band cars are fun and engaging and illustrate various force and motion concepts. ✅
This STEM Engineering Unit Includes:
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- Engineering Design Process
- Lesson Plans
- Scaffolding for Students Who Need It
- Directions With Photos
- Follow-up Pages✏️
- Answer Keys
Concepts Taught Through This Rubber Band Car Project: Potential and Kinetic Energy
- Design Thinking
- Criteria and Constraints
- Structure and Function of Car Parts
- Recording Data
Teachers Love This STEM Activity! ❤️❤️❤️
Jill ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️Extremely Satisfied
Wow! This was a great resource! My students learned a lot and it connected really well to our energy unit. Great design thinking.
Ella ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️Extremely Satisfied
Using for my STEM camp. My students love this!!! Love how well connected the science is and students need to think about criteria and constraints and the design process. Incredibly engaging. Kids are thrilled with their cars.
Standards Addressed:
NGSS 3-5-ETS1-1. Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.
NGSS 3-5-ETS1-3. Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved.
NGSS MS-ETS1-2.Evaluate competing design solutions
using a systematic process to determine how well they meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.
NGSS MS-ETS1-3
Analyze data from tests to determine similarities and differences among several design solutions to identify the best characteristics of each that can be combined into a new solution to better meet the criteria for success.
NGSS MS-ETS1-4
Develop a model to generate data for iterative testing and modification of a proposed object, tool, or process such that an optimal design can be achieved.
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