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Amazing Rubber Band Cars

Easy-to-Build Wind-Up Racers, Models, and Toys

by Mike Rigsby
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Combining fun and interactive activities, this guide will have kids captivated for hours constructing fantastic racing cars with the basics of only rubber bands, cardboard, and glue. These simple instructions with templates allow budding engineers to gain hands-on experience as they learn not only how to build a basic racer, but how to make modifications such as aluminum foil axle bearings, steering mechanisms, hinges, cam shafts, and wheels made out of old CDs. This helpful resource has step-by-step instructions for making a basic rubber-band model, a railroad push-car, and a high-speed racer. Other unique projects include Oscar the Laughing Clown, which has a jaw mechanism that opens and closes when it moves, and Spot the Dog, which has a moving tail. Children can even learn how to build a rubber band car big enough for a human. Exploring wheels, bearings, and friction, kids will learn not only how to make speedy racers but also the science that makes the process work.

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  • Release date

    November 1, 2007

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      • ISBN: 9781613741177

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      • ISBN: 9781613741177
      • File size: 8721 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • School Library Journal

      April 1, 2008
      Gr 4-8-A clever craft collection. The introduction sets the tone for creating projects using mostly cardboard, glue, pencils, rubber bands, and a few other easily obtainable materials. A few of the projects can be made by children working independently, but ideally, this book should be used with adult assistance. Readers will learn about corrugated and flat cardboard, and how to use glue and work with templates. Excellent instructions are accompanied by black-and-white photos every step of the way; unfortunately, they are dull and fuzzy and do not reflect the exciting possibilities of the completed activity. Children will learn how science (friction, gravity) applies to these building ideas. These projects are fun to construct, and inquisitive minds will be fascinated by the moving cars, whether done for a science project or strictly for leisure-time enjoyment."Augusta R. Malvagno, Queens Borough Public Library, NY"

      Copyright 2008 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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