Electric Race Car Activity Pack - 10 Pack
- Grades: 5+
- Number of Students: 10 (1 per Race Car)
- Number of Lessons: N/A
- Contact Hours: N/A
- Additional Resources: Build Guide, Engineering Notebook, STEAM Market-It Challenge
Highlights:
Ready? Set... GO!
Burn some rubber and engineer your very own battery powered car with the TeacherGeek Electric Car Activity Pack. Our build system makes it simple and fun to experiment with your design, learning as you try out new race car designs. Take away a wheel, construct a slimmer frame, or build something entirely new with your parts! It's real DIY electronics and real engineering, meaning the making and excitement never end.
Suggested Add-ons:
The following tools are either required or highly recommended by TeacherGeek to complete the Electric Race Car:
- Screwdriver 10 Pack (REQUIRED)
- Multi-cutter 10 Pack (REQUIRED)
- Reamer 10 Pack (REQUIRED)
- Pliers 10 Pack (REQUIRED)
- Mini Hammer 10 Pack (REQUIRED)
- Tapping Block 10 Pack (REQUIRED)
- Soldering Iron Package 10 Pack (OPTIONAL)
Curriculum/Lesson Topics
Electric Race Car Educational Goals
- Utilize the design and engineering process
- Encourage creativity, problem solving, and critical thinking
- Learn about electric power
- Innovate (Build your own unique car)
STEAM Market-It Challenge
Add the STEAM Market-It Challenge to any completed TeacherGeek activity to teach students how to turn their TeacherGeek design into a retail product. Students will learn the 4 'Ps' of marketing - Product, Placement, Price and Promotion. Students have the option of completing a commercial, a billboard or retail packaging as a summative assessment.
Standard Alignments:
TeacherGeek products fit proposals, grants or lesson plans with ease! Explore more resources below:
Next Generation Science Standards
NGSS Standards Download
International Technology & Engineering Educators' Association Standards
ITEEA Standards Download
What's Included:
Components:
- (40) Connector Strips
- (20) Hole Plates
- (10) 70mm Pulleys
- (10) 55.5mm Pulleys
- (10) 25.5mm Pulleys
- (10) 9mm Pulleys
- (10) 50 Tooth Gears
- (10) 40 Tooth Gears
- (10) 20 Tooth Gears
- (10) 10 Tooth Gears
- (40) Wheels
- (40) Rubber Band Tires
- (10) Battery Holder
- (100) Small Rubber Bands
- (3) 300mm Slide-Stop Material
- (40) Perpendicular Blocks
- (80) Dowels
- (40) Stop Clips
- (20) Angle Brackets
- (20) 1½” Screws
- (60) Hex Nuts
- (20) Locking Nuts
- (20) Fender Washers
- (60) 5/8” Screws
- (10) Project Motor
- (10) Project Motor Mounts
- (15) Motor Adaptor Pins
Items/Tools needed but not included:
- (20) AA Batteries
- (10) Reamers
- (10) Multi-Cutters
- (10) Pliers
- (10) Screwdrivers
- (10) Hammers
- (10) Slider Blocks
- (10) Rulers
Additional Information and Resources:
Special Notes and Considerations:
⚠WARNING:
CHOKING HAZARD - Small parts. Not for children under 3 years.
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