Materials List: Wheeling It In!

Each group needs:

To share with the entire class:

  • disposable containers for the transportation system body, such as empty milk cartons, used plastic water bottles, Styrofoam bowls, etc.
  • disposable items for transportation system wheels, such as CDs, LifeSavers® candy (gummy or mint/hard), straws, etc.
  • disposable items for transportation system axles, such as pencils, toothpicks, chopsticks, Popsicle sticks, etc.
  • construction paper
  • rulers
  • tape
  • glue
  • string
  • scissors
  • clay blocks, rocks or weights
  • weight balance or scale
  • stopwatch
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