Mouse Trap Cars

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Mouse Trap Cars

• Getting Started

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Research

• Find 3 different designs for a mousetrap car.
  Search terms like Mousetrap car design, best
  design for mousetrap car, etc.

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Design planning

• Draw 3 designs in your engineers notebook. Label
  parts. Make a list of things you would need to
  build that design.

The designs can be your own, or some you found
online, or a combination.
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Performance

• We are going for distance, not speed. Find out
  what sorts of designs work best for distance.
• Write a paragraph summarizing what you found out
  and explain how you intend to maximize distance
  on your car.