Speedy Race Cars
- Grades K-2
Become a speed scientist and take a spin around the house with your own speedy race cars! Build and decorate two race cars to zip and zoom around. Learn about how wheels work, the physics of racing, and what slows cars down. Then make a homemade racing ramp and race to see just how fast your cars can go!
Why it’s awesome
Ready, set, roll
Two cars ready to race and roll with a friend
Ramp it up
Test out speed and friction with rolling experiments.
What’s included?
Topics explored
Racing experiments
Science of speed
Building skills
From the desk of the product designer:
Behind the design
“We tested over 20 materials to find the best one to use for the speedy race car. You may have seen the winner at breakfast today — chipboard is also used to make cereal boxes!”
- KiwiCo Product Designer
By the numbers
12
Race car styles sketched out
7
Kids who tested the race cars
many!
Race car stickers stuck to random surfaces in the workshop