Today we got back to our latest Phineas and Ferb science study on remote control cars. We are using the Thames and Kosmos Remote Control Machines kit to learn all about gears and build our our cars.
Today we started off with a review of our gear vocabulary words and then took a look at worm gears. A worm gear is basically a screw that can be combined other gear wheels to create a worm gearbox. Here's the one we made:
Next we made out first remote control machine- Model 1- a simple car. Since we can't all get our hands on the small parts at one time, we split in to teams of two and each team took turns doing one step of the project until we reached the end. The kit uses picture instructions for the steps so it was easy for the kids to follow on their own.
And here is our first car in action!
Next time we will make Model 2- the three wheeler.
Next time we will make Model 2- the three wheeler.
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