How Can a Car Run Without Gas?

This week in science we started a new unit about energy called “Energizing Everything.”  Your child learned how things need energy to move and that energy can be stored in many different ways.  We saw examples of cars powered by gasoline, people, springs and even food!  Your child built a rubber band racer to test how the energy put into the racer impacts how far the racer goes.  We solved the mystery, “Can a car move without gas?”

You can support this week’s learning by watching another example of people powered vehicles with your child ( http://www.safeyoutube.net/w/ySj ).  You might ask, “How does this car have the energy to go?  Where did the people get their energy?  What other vehicles get their energy from people?”