Team Members: Hunter, Zeke, Dominic, 4th graders
The Blaze
Our flow of energy is, the light from the Sun to the solar energy of the solar panel to the kinetic energy of the motor and wheel.
Our car’s materials are yellow paint, balsa wood car body, 2 cups, 2 allagor clips, 2 large wheels, 2 small wheels, duck tape, masking tape, 2 straws, 2 kebab sticks, a solar panel, a motor, and hot glue. Our car moves with a wheel attachted to the motor.
One problem we faced was that the solar car was tripping on the allagator clips, so we taped the allagator clips to the car. Another problem we faced was that the wheels were falling off, so we taped them to the kebab sticks.
In the first test, the “Blaze” turned and crashed into the pole, breaking off an axel. In the socond test the “Blaze” went quickly downhill and uphill.
We hope you enjoyed our presentation about the “Blaze.”
Pulley drive cars can be difficult to make, but you figured it out. Good work!
Thank you we wanted to keep the solar car from falling apart.
Thanks for the encouraging complement!
Great job explaining your project, and the adjustments that you made. Very bright sunny colors on the car! Congratulations and good luck!
Thank you, we worked really hard on painting the solar car.
Thanks a lot for the feedback!! It’s means a lot!
The reason that we added the colors is because the blaze went quick. We wanted it to seem like the car was on fire. Thanks for good luck!
Nice job building the car, I liked hearing about why you added different parts to the car, plus that’s a pretty cool mascot!
Thanks Nick!
Those words are heaven to my ears!
Thanks!! I told Zeke there was no such thing as a “fire bolt”. There is a “fire ball” though.
Interesting mascot and good explanation.
Thanks! I did say to Zeke there was no such thing. There was a fire ball though.
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