For the past week or so the kids and I have been storing and stocking up on empty food boxes and toilet paper rolls. We knew we were planning for a project but we hadn’t quite decided what. Well while KJ played with cars in the corner of the classroom genius struck.
A car tunnel!
I quickly pulled out the boxes, a plastic container we don’t use often and a glue gun.
SJ drew a map of where everything should go then we put it all together.
Parents I have three words for you: hours of fun! HOURS OF FUN!!
This is a great STEM activity.
Vocabulary: Velocity, engineering, acceleration and deceleration
Questions: How many seconds does it take for the car to go through the tunnels? Will it go faster or slower as we tilt the lid?
You can even have your kids decorate the boxes adding an element of art to the project. When we were done with the project we carefully removed the tunnel pieces and placed them inside the container to use another time.
Have fun with this project and please share your pictures of your tunnels below.
Melanin Taught 