Jan
25
2010
Katie’s Mouse Trap Car
Posted by: John in Photos, School, tags: Mousetrap Car, Science Olympiad
Katie and Ana participated in the Science Olympiad at their schools before Christmas. They both went to Bozeman, MT for the state finals. Ana studied birds, and Katie made a mouse trap car. Here are a couple of photos of the mouse trap car. It had to go forward a certain distance, stop, and reverse the same distance, without any human intervention. It took a lot of brain power trying to figure out how to make it all work, but we did it! Good job Ana and Katie on your projects. Click on the pictures to see larger views.
(UPDATE 3/17/10 – Due to the large response on searching for “Reversible Moustrap Cars”, I made a “How To” video showing how we made our Mousetrap Car reversible. Check it out by clicking HERE. )
- John
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March 17th, 2010 at 2:11 pm
[...] while back, I posted a couple of pictures of a moustrap car that Katie built for Science Olympiad. Quite a few people have looked at those [...]
May 25th, 2010 at 3:06 pm
I don’t remember what the requirements were, but It did run the full length and back as it should with a separate mouse trap used for each direction.
- John
December 13th, 2010 at 10:32 am
could you tell me the supplies required for this and a breif explaination of how to do it please?
December 18th, 2010 at 11:02 am
Sorry, there are so many options to make a mousetrap car. I suggest you check out our video at http://mcdougallshome.net/2010/03/17/reversible-mousetrap-car/. There are lots of resources out there to help you. Our little video is not a “how to” or intended to be one. Have fun, research, and innovate.
John
March 3rd, 2011 at 6:27 am
What are the silver things used to reduce friction called
March 4th, 2011 at 6:02 am
What are the silver things used to reduce friction called?