brought to you by
Recycle your materials with these fun STEAM activities Balloon powered car
Step 2 Add some clay to your cap wheels. Things you’ll need
• Juice box or equivalent size • 301660 – Felt Fabric or 711412 – YPO Premium Acrylic Paint (to decorate the box)
• Bottle tops x 4 • Wooden skewers x 2 • 736791 – YPO Economy Tape • 55099X – White Artstraws • Balloon x 1
• 731752 – White Clay or 758663 – YPO Stick Tack
• 31353X – Colourful Scissors • 713562 – PVA 1 Litre Glue
Step 3 Prepare your car axles. Cut two skewers longer than two straws so that they will extend over your box. Place your skewer inside the cut straw and attach to the wheel caps, pushing down the clay to hold the skewer in place.
Step 4 Use tape or PVA glue to place your axles and wheels on your juice car. They will still roll, the tape or glue
holds the straws on, but the skewers will still move as the car moves.
Step 5 Take a straw and place your balloon over the bendable head part. Secure down with tape, leaving
no gaps so you can use the straw to blow up the balloon.
Step 6 Use tape to place the straw with the balloon on top of your car.
All finished, blow up the balloon and watch your car go!
Children can learn about jet propulsion, Newton’s law of motion and friction, by creating this car.
Step 1 Wrap your juice box in your felt fabric and glue down or paint (optional and purely decorative).
Crank winch
With this activity, children can learn about simple machines and mechanical advantage.
Step 1 Tape two cardboard tubes to a solid surface. Use your straw as a reference tool for how far
apart they should be placed from each other.
Step 2 Make two cuts at the top of each cardboard tube just big enough for the straw or pencil to
rest and be able to spin. 14
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24
