Machine Racer: RALLY WMT-R5

The MACHINE RACER: RALLY kit is one of the fastest mousetrap cars, and great for first time builders.

The WMT-R5 MACHINE RACER: RALLY comes with balsa rails without pre-drilled holes (and therefore requires a drill press) that allow your students to drill their own hole positions for mechanical advantage.  If you would like your kits to include pre-drilled axle holes, please select the WMT-R6 for your shopping cart instead.

For best results, students can also "Connect the Virtual to the Physical" by first engineering, analyzing, and simulating their designs with our standards-based, cloud-based, Mousetrap Car 2.0 STEM Software Application.  After thoroughly testing their mousetrap cars virtually, they can output print templates to scale, in order to build their physical models. Following this complete Integrated-STEM Engineering Design Process, students will learn important STEM concepts including simple machines, power, potential and kinetic energy, mechanical advantage, and Newton's Laws, among many others...  (STEM Software sold separately – please contact customercare@whiteboxlearning.com for lab license pricing information).

Assumed Items on Hand:  Safety glasses, a hobby saw (or hobby knife), drill press, tube cutter, diagonal cutters, pliers, wood clamps, ruler, and glue (sold separately).