The rules:
Full credit for 5.0m
Bonus for school spirit and speed (fastest car will be the school champion!)
The small print:
1. Must be powered by a single "Victor" brand mouse trap (other brands must be similar)
2. No energy storage or input other than the spring (no rubber bands, batteries, etc.)
3. Vehicle must be self starting (no pushing)
4. No running starts
5. NO KITS!!!
6. Instructor has final say about appropriateness of design and/or materials
Due Tuesday February 10th
If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. -Albert Einstein
Physics is about studying how the universe works, and since you're in it, it's really about understanding you and the world you live in. Hopefully you'll find this very interesting! Seek to improve your learning by polishing each portfolio objective, each online text assignment, and then by noticing physics in your life!