Mousetrap Car Kit

Dive into the exciting world of physics and engineering with our comprehensive DIY Mousetrap Car Kit. This innovative educational kit transforms a simple mousetrap into a self-propelled vehicle, offering hours of engaging learning and fun. Ideal for students, hobbyists, and curious minds alike, our kit provides everything you need to build, customize, and race your very own mousetrap-powered car.

This set comes with instructions for powering your racer with a balloon, a rubber band, and moustrap for extended fun.

• Engaging and Educational: Our kit brings STEM concepts to life! As you build and tinker with your mousetrap car, you'll gain hands-on experience with key physics principles like potential and kinetic energy, friction, and quantifying results. It's the perfect blend of education and entertainment.
• Interactive Learning Experience: Say goodbye to passive learning! This kit encourages active participation, allowing you to experiment with different designs and modifications ranging from balloon to rubber band to mousetrap powered designs with step-by-step instructions before encouraging you to make a design of your very own.
• In-Depth Exploration: Go beyond the basics with our comprehensive guide as you learn how to measure and effectively present how your cars are performing. Our kit is designed to grow with your curiosity, offering challenges for beginners and experienced builders alike. If you fashion yourself an engineer, you will love the career-based explorations this kit offers.
• Develop Problem-Solving Skills: Encounter a challenge? That's where the real learning begins! Our kit nurtures critical thinking and problem-solving abilities as you troubleshoot issues and optimize your design. These valuable skills extend far beyond building mousetrap cars, preparing you for future academic and real-world challenges.

This kit includes:

• 10 Wooden sticks
• Double-sided foam strips
• Tape measure
• 4 Narrow bushing straws
• Nail
• 2 1/8” dowels
• Bendy straw
• Balloon
• 5 Zip ties
• 8 Rubber bands
• Binder clip
• Mousetrap
• 1/4" dowel
• String
• Balsa wood
• 4 Drinking straws
• 3 Big straws
• 4 Brass eyelets

You provide:

• (optional) Hot glue and gun
• Scissors
• Masking tape
• (optional) Oil (any cooking oil will work)
• Timer
• (optional) Ruler
• (optional) Box cutter

• MS-ETS1-1: Define the criteria and constraints of a design problem with sufficient precision to ensure a successful solution, taking into account relevant scientific principles and potential impacts on people and the natural environment that may limit possible solutions. 
• 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.
• 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.
• MS-PS3-2: Develop a model to describe that when the arrangement of objects interacting at a distance changes, different amounts of potential energy are stored in the system.