Unit 5 (Energies): Workshop activities

Hi everybody! As you all probably know, next week we will go to the workshop (2 sessions) to construct a balloon-propelled car (Energy's unit project). You are going to work in pairs and the materials needed for the project are:

• 1 A4 cardboard
• 1 balloon
•  2 drinking straws
• 4 plastic bottle caps with small hole drilled in centre of each
• 1 wooden skewer
• 1 piece of corrugated cardboard
• glue stick
• 1 piece of wire (bread tie)

wooden skewer

bread ties

 You will also need a pair of scissors and a ruler. The picture below (click on the picture to enlarge) shows a car made by former students. Besides the construction of the car, you will have to make some experiments (second session) in order to study the energy transformation. I hope you like it. See you.