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Battery power, solar power, hydrogen … no, mousetrap power!
Students in the Principles of Engineering class at Irondequoit High School, 260 Cooper Road, recently designed model cars powered by “mousetrap.”
Their assignment was to build a small vehicle, powered by the “trapping” motion of a mousetrap. Each car is unique, built of everything from CDs, for wheels, to pencils, string and more.
The vehicles competed in three events in class. They were ranked on speed, precise distance travelled (the goal is exactly 12 feet) and torque. Trials were held Oct. 6, 7 and 11.
Students were allowed to change the wheels, but nothing else, to improve their vehicles' performance for particular events.
Students have been learning about simple vehicles and the math that makes them perform in specific ways.
Principles of Engineering is a Project Lead The Way course.
Battery power, solar power, hydrogen … no, mousetrap power!
Students in the Principles of Engineering class at Irondequoit High School, 260 Cooper Road, recently designed model cars powered by “mousetrap.”
Their assignment was to build a small vehicle, powered by the “trapping” motion of a mousetrap. Each car is unique, built of everything from CDs, for wheels, to pencils, string and more.
The vehicles competed in three events in class. They were ranked on speed, precise distance travelled (the goal is exactly 12 feet) and torque. Trials were held Oct. 6, 7 and 11.
Students were allowed to change the wheels, but nothing else, to improve their vehicles' performance for particular events.
Students have been learning about simple vehicles and the math that makes them perform in specific ways.
Principles of Engineering is a Project Lead The Way course.
