Mouse Trap Car: Supplies

The Mousetrap car project was an unexpected challenge! Both my partner and myself have never made, let alone heard of a mousetrap car, but with some helpful videos on YouTube such as this one.I was able to understand that a mousetrap car is actually built using a mousetrap as the “engine”. In the video the creation of a mousetrap car is shown successfully. By taking some of the videos information and also using our physics knowledge, we will be able to create a mousetrap car in order to win this race we must create a practical but fast car.  Here is a list of supplies needed for the winning car…

1.   .Eye hooks (used to connect the car and wheels by drilling small holes into the mousetrap car)

2.    A mousetrap!

3.   Wheels (we decided to use wheels from a toy truck bought at the dollar store, because the wheels would act as more realistic wheels than wheels we made ourselves)

4.    A thin wooden stick to increase the lever arm of the mousetrap to give a greater force to propel the contraption

5.    Zip ties to act as an adhesive for the mousetrap’s wheels

6.    Fishing line

The car that we bought to disassemble and use the wheels for our own car!

Once we have all of these items, we will be ready to begin assembling the car, and eventually win the race!