In this project, Students will learn about Torque, Potential Energy,

Lever arms, tire sizes, and the combination of the fore mentioned to

improve acceleration and to improve distance traveled, individually.

As a guide through this activity, You will need to have a straight

course outline with lines for the cars to pass either 6 or 8 feet feet

apart. The first Checkpoint will be the first line, where students will

time their vehicle to that line and measure acceleration. The second

Checkpoint is the second line where students will measure how far

their vehicle traveled with respect to that line, either x feet short of

or x feet past. After the experiment use scaffolding to guide the

students towards the scientific reasoning and explanation for each

mousetrap car performing the way it did. In total the experiment

should take approximately 10-15 minutes given there are enough

stopwatches to measure the times to the first checkpoint.