The race is on! During Science Week, Year 8 designed and produced their own cars. They learnt about what made a Formula-1 car like Ferrari effective race cars, looking at the physical laws behind friction and air resistance. 1/3
The placement of the axis and the wheels were also considered in the quest to have the fastest vehicle in the room. Ultimately, it came down to which car performed best on the science lab desks, which were temporarily repurposed as race tracks. 2/3
The theme of this year's British Science Week was time, and it's fair to say that Year 8's race cars took almost none at all to get to the finish line! #science #scienceweek #physics #friction #airresistance #practical #cars #modelcars #racecars #practicalexperiment #funlearning