Action-Reaction Balloon Powered Cars

Action-Reaction Balloon Powered Cars Activity

Have you ever heard of balloon powered cars, but you’re not sure how to incorporate it into your curriculum?
Are you looking for a low-prep, hands-on STEM activity?
Do you have a handful of students who refuse to read the directions?
Perhaps you are in search of a way to reinforce physical science concepts, such as Newton’s Laws, Action-Reaction, and Forces and Motion.

This Balloon Powered Car STEM Activity is exactly what you need!

Not only does this download provide instructions for a low-cost, low-prep STEM activity, but it encourages science literacy by presenting the instructions in comic form.

This download includes…

Visual Instructions

All of the steps are presented in a visual format
This will engage a wide range of readers

Wheel Construction Tutorial

When I did this activity with my students, they struggled the most with creating wheels for their cars
This page gives the kids some tips to help them create functioning wheels

Follow-up Questions

Tie the activity back to physical science (specifically Newton’s Third Law and Action-Reaction relationships) and the scientific method
The answer key is included

All of my comics are drawn from scratch. There is no clip art or fonts involved.

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