Pizza Racer - Stem Kit

What happens when you combine the best elements of brush bots, derby racers and design thinking using common craft materials? Introducing the pizza racer project! Use the Shake It mini to provide students a fun and engaging platform to explore engineering and design thinking as well as core engineering concepts including: relationship of mass and energy, transfer of energy, friction, and the scientific process. Links for Teacher slides and cardboard templates are provided.  Each kit includes: 1 Shake it mini Racer templates Glue dots Pennies You’ll need to provide your own pizza box or ramp.  Download additional templates for the pizza racers here.   Next Generation Science Standards that align with this project include: 2-PS1-1. Plan and conduct an investigation to describe and classify different kinds of materials by their observable properties. 2-PS1-2. Analyze data obtained from testing different materials to determine which materials have the properties that are best su