Names: Nicole Pecorino and Marvie Morales

Date Due: April 6, 2015

Balloon Car Project

Each Tech group will design and build a toy car which is powered by a balloon. In class, each group will then
time how long their car takes to travel the one meter from the start line to the finish line, calculate the average
speed of the car over that one meter distance.
Materials:
Students may use any material needed to construct their car
Balloon
Timer
Rules and Remarks:
1. The vehicle must maintain at least 3 points of rolling contact with the floor at all times.
2. The vehicle can only be powered by one balloon.
3. The wheels and axle used on the vehicle cannot have been professionally manufactured for that purpose.
Grading:
70 points will be awarded for building a car which can move across the floor from the
start line to the finish line 1 meter away. Cars that do not cross the finish line will receive 60 points.
30 points will be awarded a correct calculation of the cars speed over the 1 meter
distance.

Name of car: Taco-Mobile

Date
4/6/15

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Average
Speed:

Given
D = 1 meter
T = 2.2 sec
D = 1 meter
T = 11.9 sec
D = 1 meter
T = 4 sec
D = 1 meter
T = 2.2 sec
D = 1 meter
T = 2.6 sec
65.5mm per second

Formula
S= D
T
S= D
T
S= D
T
S= D
T
S= D
T

Show Work
D = .190
T 2.2

2.2 divided by 190

S= 86.40

D= 200
T 11.9

11.9 divided by 200

S= 16.8

D= 210
T 4

4 divided by 210
S= 52.5

Answer with
Units
86.4per sec

16.8per sec
52.5per sec

D= 200 2.2 divided by 200

T 2.2 S= 90.9

90.9per sec

D= 210
T 2.6

80.8per sec

2.6 divided by 210

S= 80.8

Names: Nicole Pecorino and Marvie Morales

_______ / 100 Total Points

Date Due: April 6, 2015