{"id":775,"date":"2014-02-10T10:30:01","date_gmt":"2014-02-10T02:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dr-mikes-math-games-for-kids.com\/blog\/2014\/02\/using-an-elastic-band-to-fling-cars-away-for-science\/"},"modified":"2024-02-16T21:12:10","modified_gmt":"2024-02-16T13:12:10","slug":"using-an-elastic-band-to-fling-cars-away-for-science","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dr-mikes-math-games-for-kids.com\/blog\/2014\/02\/using-an-elastic-band-to-fling-cars-away-for-science\/","title":{"rendered":"Using an elastic band to fling cars away FOR SCIENCE!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>[This is a back-issue of one of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dr-mikes-math-games-for-kids.com\/newsletter\">this site&#8217;s newsletters<\/a>]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>One of my 7 year old son&#8217;s science books suggested this experiment.<\/p>\n<p>I got a block of wood, and hammered two nails onto it. He strung an elastic band between them, so he could use the block as a little projectile launcher.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_778\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-778\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dr-mikes-math-games-for-kids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/files\/2014\/02\/Science.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-778 \" alt=\"Flinging Toy Cars With An Elastic Band - For SCIENCE!\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dr-mikes-math-games-for-kids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/files\/2014\/02\/Science-300x230.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dr-mikes-math-games-for-kids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/files\/2014\/02\/Science-300x230.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dr-mikes-math-games-for-kids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/files\/2014\/02\/Science.jpg 435w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-778\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Flinging Toy Cars With An Elastic Band &#8211; For SCIENCE!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On the block of wood, he used a ruler to draw a scale, showing how far back the elastic band was pulled.<\/p>\n<p>Then, we got his toy cars, a tape measure and a pad of paper. I taught him to pull the car back, release it, then measure how far the car went. He would then note the distance in his notebook.<\/p>\n<p>He tried the same experiment with a marble and an eraser.<\/p>\n<p>Science!<\/p>\n<p>By the way, if you want a Valentine&#8217;s Day themed math, get this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dr-mikes-math-games-for-kids.com\/love-heart-math-puzzle.html\">love heart math puzzle<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[This is a back-issue of one of this site&#8217;s newsletters] One of my 7 year old son&#8217;s science books suggested this experiment. I got a block of wood, and hammered two nails onto it. He strung an elastic band between them, so he could use the block as a little projectile launcher.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[153],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dr-mikes-math-games-for-kids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/775"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dr-mikes-math-games-for-kids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dr-mikes-math-games-for-kids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dr-mikes-math-games-for-kids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dr-mikes-math-games-for-kids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=775"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.dr-mikes-math-games-for-kids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/775\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":779,"href":"https:\/\/www.dr-mikes-math-games-for-kids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/775\/revisions\/779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dr-mikes-math-games-for-kids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dr-mikes-math-games-for-kids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dr-mikes-math-games-for-kids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}