Use stored energy to spin, launch, roll, or move a design.
Learners build
A spring-powered vehicle that stores energy, releases it through wheels, and zooms forward.
Learners start by building a vehicle around a wind-up mechanism, then test how body shape, wheels, and weight affect how it travels.
From there, they can redesign it for speed, distance, stability, cargo, ramps, obstacle courses, or a custom vehicle style.
Educator Resources
Student-facing slides introduce the concepts, guide the activity, and help learners reflect on what changed. Educator materials support setup, pacing, discussion, and extensions so this can work in classrooms, libraries, homeschool groups, clubs, or makerspaces.
What's included
Choose a pack size to see how the component quantities change for one learner, a small group, or a full class.