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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Mint Mobiles

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students design, build and test model race cars made from simple materials (lifesaver-shaped candies, plastic drinking straws, Popsicle sticks, index cards, tape) as a way to explore independent, dependent and control variables. They...
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Website
Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of American History: American Racing: A Diversity of Innovation

For Students 9th - 10th
American auto racing has a century long history of grass roots invention. From an American-European rivalry to uniquely American forms of racing, the history of racing includes business interests, enthusiastic fans, and alternative...