Thomas Edison and Henry Ford have an inventor's friendship
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In the Inventor's Secret, Henry Ford discovers the secret to Thomas Edison's success "Keep At It".
What is an Engineer?Future of Cars
This 3-4 min video talks about the future of a self driving car. This is to just bring up discussion of future possibilities of cars and technology advancement.
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History of CarsA one min video of a replica of the world's first powered engine of 1766.
A 3 min video on how steam cars start.
This video start at 8:45 to see how the Model T was started.
This 3 min video shows two girls taking the Model T out for a test drive.
This is a 8 min video on the changes throughout history of the auto industry.
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How Does It Work?
Materials and Part Construction
Simple MachinesIntro to simple machines introduces the student to the 6 different simple machines (6 min.).
SciScience talks about the uses of wheels and axles as simple machines (about 4 min).
Additional Activity: Create a Rocket Launcher to illustrate the concept of of pressurized air.
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Friction and WheelsAn 8 min. video on the basics of friction from Makemegenius.
Hot Lab Wheels present the concept of friction and how it works (3 min).
What is aerodynamic
In this 6 min video, a comparison of big versus small wheels using a skateboard and a fan. View this after students have tried some different wheel and axle types.
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Making a Balloon Air Powered Car
Air Pressure or Compressed Air"What is Compressed Air?" is a 2 min. video showing the air molecules in a container as more air is added.
This 4 min. video from Science Projects shows a balloon car and Newton's Third Law of action and reaction.
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Kinetic versus Potential EnergyThis 4 min video distinguishes the difference between kinetic versus potential energy. It tells the difference between energy sources versus energy. This concept helps to reinforce the balloons energy being stored as potential energy.
Air ResistanceHow to Demonstrate Air Resistance looks at the surface area and how it affects the movement through air using a flat paper versus a wadded up one (about 4 min.).
This 2 min video is an experiment to see how placing a piece of cardboard on a toy car affects the speed of the car.
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Design Ideas
Other Car Idea During Covid
Information on the Moon
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Free School talks specifically about the conditions on the moon. This includes gravity, how the moon orbits the earth and its phases, extreme temperatures and its atmosphere. (4 min).
The Moon Phases talks about the moon phases and why you see them like you do in the sky (about 5 min.).
An extra video on the importance of the moon and the tides (about 4 min.).
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NASA's plan to visit Mars in 2020 and the technologies they will use to find life on Mars (about 9 min.)
This shows the launching of the rover on Mars (about 11 min.)
Show the first 5 min of this 25 min video to watch how the rover was carried to mars.
For further space updates go to space.com.
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To The Moon We Go
What is a lunar rover?
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This 7 min video introduces students to why scientist are putting people on the moon what scientist are learning.
A 2 min. video of the Apollo 16 drive on the moon with a lunar rover vehicle . This video has captions.
Another 2 min video showing the rover driving around the moon. This is music with no captions.
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National Geographic 25 min video on putting a rover on Mars.
Vintage Science tells about the 3 vehicles found on the moon (4 min.). Shows how the rover is launched on the moon.
This video shows the Land Rover Challenge with the different shape wheels. This is rubber band powered (about 3 min).
More ideas on how to use a rubber band to get the wheels to work using a 2CDs and a short skewer (about 5 min.).
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