In this activity you will learn some physics concepts and use recycled materials to build a toy car that is propelled by a balloon. You can even find a friend, build two cars and race them against ...

St. Joseph High School ninth graders in physical science teacher Abigail Barker’s classes recently took part in a balloon-powered car project. “They used water bottles and balloons to ...

That was the scene recently at Capital Area District Libraries’ Leslie branch, when kids had fun making balloon powered cars with the help of Miss Laurie from the Longway Planetarium.

RANCHO CUCAMONGA – Eighth-graders at Rancho Cucamonga Middle School had an immediate response when told they had to create a model car powered by a balloon – “No problem.” “At first ...

Scientific American walks you through how to build a balloon-powered car using basic supplies (bit.ly/car-balloons). All you need are a few simple supplies, something to act like flippers ...

Shown here is his spring-driven car which you pull backwards to load ... That print looks spectacular, but the balloon-powered prototype tickles our fancy quite a bit more. Make sure you have ...

and energy that is separate from the axle using balloon-powered propulsion. These models mirror the difference between road cars, in which the engine powers the wheels, and Bloodhound, which is ...

RANCHO CUCAMONGA – Eighth-graders at Rancho Cucamonga Middle School had an immediate response when told they had to create a model car powered by a balloon – “No problem.” “At first, I thought, how ...