STEM Kits - Reindeer Racers
STEM Kits - Reindeer Racers
Skill Level: Beginner-Intermediate
Duration: 1-2 hours
What happens when you combine the best elements of the holidays, brush bots, derby racers and design thinking using common craft materials? Introducing the reindeer racer project! .. This is a fun, holiday themed variant of our popular pizza racer project.
Use the Shake It mini to provide students a fun and engaging platform to explore engineering and design thinking as well as core engineering concepts including: relationship of mass and energy, transfer of energy, friction, and the scientific process. Teacher slides and cardboard templates are provided below.
Watch a overview of the project:
Each turnkey kit includes:
1 Shake it mini
Racer templates
Glue dots
Pennies
You’ll need to provide your own pizza box or ramp.
Download additional templates for the pizza racers here.
Download the pdf of the teacher guide here.