Cardboard Rubber Band Car Designs

Some designs use cardboard for wheels some use cds.

Cardboard rubber band car designs.

Design and build the body. Attach the rubber band. Pbs kids design squad build rubber band car. Wrap the unattached end of the rubber band over the catch.

Cardboard is a versatile material. The basic setup is a lightweight body for the car wheels axles and a rubber band to provide energy for motion. Other designs of rubber band cars. Be sure the corrugations the groves in the cardboard run from the right to the left not back and forth.

These rubber band car designs encourage children to ask questions about transfer of energy observe analyze and share their findings. Cut a small slot in the middle of the piece of cardboard. Decide how big the body of your car will be. Cut a notch in the center of one end of the body.

Combine them and you get something even better in this instructable i will show how to make a simple rubberband powered car using cardboard. Cut it to that size. Rubberband is a versatile material as well. Plastic bottle caps toy wheels like those of k nex film canister caps can also serve as the wheels.

Tape the rubber band to the skewer to prevent it from slipping when the skewer rotates the rubber band should rotate with it. Instead of cardboard the cars can use a variety of lightweight materials for the chassis such as lego balsa wood light plastic container cereal box or foam board.