Racing through Force and Motion

First step was the room transformation:

The kids were thrilled by the sights and even the sounds in the room.  ( I had the sound of cars revving their engines) It took us about a week and a half to work through all the steps in this STEM project.  I chose to let the students build cars with LEGOs and recycled cars.

Students test tracks and cars.  They also tested different types of force to explore what force works best for their cars. 

Students also had a press conference at the end of the race to explain what they had learned.

Throughout the STEM project, we had pit stops that covered common core math standards. There were math tasks that were fun and challenging.

I have this set available in a kinder version and a 1st/2nd grade version.