May 18, 2017
Build a Balloon-Powered Car
A zippy science activity
By Science Buddies & Ben Finio
Start your (balloon) engines! Learn how you can power a toy car with air--and a little knowledge of physics. Then challenge a friend to a race!
George Retseck
Key concepts Physics Kinetic energy Potential energy Conservation of energy Newton's laws of motion
Introduction Turn a pile of trash into a toy car—and watch it go! In this activity you will learn some physics concepts and use recycled materials to build a toy car that is propelled by a balloon. You can even find a friend, build two cars and race them against each other. Whose car will go the fastest?
Background It might not seem like it at first, but a simple balloon car is loaded with physics and engineering concepts! When you inflate a balloon, it stores potential energy in the form of stretched rubber and the compressed air inside. When you release the balloon, this energy is converted to kinetic energy—the energy of motion—as the balloon zooms around the room. Some of the energy is also converted to heat due to friction. According to the law of conservation of energy, the total amount of energy is conserved. Energy never “disappears”—it just changes to another form.
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Another way to think about the balloon's movement is to use Newton's third law of motion: For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. When you inflate a balloon and then release the nozzle, the rubber contracts and pushes the air out the nozzle. This means that there must be an equal and opposite reaction—the air pushes back on the rubber, propelling the balloon forward. This principle is used in real rockets and jets that shoot a high-speed stream of gases out the back of their engines, propelling the vehicle forward. In this project you will use this principle to build a toy car that is propelled forward by the stream of air escaping a balloon as it deflates.
The car also contains a simple machine: the wheel and axle. This invention has been around so long, we take it for granted—and many of us ride in wheeled vehicles every day. You will see, however, getting your wheel and axle to spin smoothly is a critical part of getting your balloon car to work!
Plastic bottle
Four plastic bottle caps
Wooden skewer
Scissors or sharp knife (Have an adult use or supervise your use of this tool.)
An adult helper
Preparation
Cut one of the straws in half.
Tape both pieces of the straw to one side of the water bottle.
Cut the wooden skewer in half and push each piece through one of the straws. These will form your axles. (Have an adult help.)
Have an adult help use the scissors to poke a “+”-shaped hole directly in the center of each plastic bottle cap.
Press each bottle cap onto the ends of the wooden skewers. These will form your wheels.
Put your car down on a flat surface and give it a good push. Make sure the car rolls easily and coasts for a bit before stopping. If your car gets stuck or does not roll smoothly make sure: your axles are parallel to each other; the hole in each bottle cap is centered; and the straws are securely taped to the water bottle and do not wobble. You can add some glue if tape is not sufficient.
Tape the neck of the balloon around one end of the other straw. Wrap the tape very tightly so the connection is airtight.
Cut a small hole in the top of the water bottle, just big enough to push the straw through.
Push the free end of the straw through the hole and out the mouth of the bottle.
Use tape to secure the straw to the bottle.
Blow through the straw to inflate the balloon, then put your finger over the tip of the straw to trap the air. What do you think will happen when you put the car down and release your finger?
Put the car down on a flat surface and release your finger. What happens?
See what adjustments you can make to make the car go farther.
What happens if you inflate the balloon more?
What happens if you adjust the direction the straw is aimed? Does it work best if the straw is aimed straight back?
Extra: There are many different ways to build a balloon car. Turn this into an engineering design project and try building your car with different materials. For example: What happens if you use a cardboard box instead of a plastic bottle for the body? What happens if you use different diameter straws? What about different materials for the wheels and axles? Get some friends and try building different cars and racing them against one another. What materials work the best?
Observations and results When you inflate a balloon and let it go, it zips randomly around the room. When you tape the balloon to a straw and attach it to the body of your car, however, you can control the direction of the escaping air. When the end of the straw is aimed backward, the air pushes your car forward, as described by Newton's third law of motion. Your design will be most efficient if the straw is pointed straight back and not downward or to the side. The more you inflate the balloon the more potential energy it stores, which in turn is converted to more kinetic energy, according to the law of conservation of energy—so the car will go faster.
You may find your car does not work perfectly on the first try, particularly if its axles are not parallel or the wheels wobble. Too much friction can cause the wheels to get stuck, and the balloon will not be powerful enough to push the car forward. Test your car to make sure the wheels spin freely and, when you give it a push, the car rolls easily. If not, you might need to make some adjustments to your design. You should also make sure no air escapes the balloon where it is taped to the straw, and re-tape it more tightly if necessary.
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Balloon-Powered Car – Experiment
- A base for your car (e.g. a plastic bottle or cut-out piece of cardboard)
- Wheels for your car (e.g. 4 plastic bottle caps or carton lids)
- 2 or 3 drinking straws
- A long wooden/bamboo skewer (or 2 short ones, optional)
- Penne/Rigatoni pasta (if you don’t have a wooden skewer)
- Once you’re happy with your design, you’ll next want to take the balloon and trim the mouth off. Place the tip of one of your drinking straws inside the balloon and tape the two of them together, making sure there are not gaps where air can escape. After all, this will be what will “power” your car.
- Next, we need to attach the balloon and straw to the base of your car. If you’re using a bottle as a base, be sure to firstly remove the lid. You’ll need to cut a hole at one side of the bottle so that the straw can poke though it and the end of the straw without the balloon can poke through the top of the bottle. Alternatively if you’re using cardboard, simply tape the balloon and straw onto the top of the base. With either method, you’ll need to make sure that the straw is facing behind the car and you can easily access it with your mouth still.
- With your axle complete, it’s time to attach the wheels. To do this, you’ll need to take your scissors and pierce a hole in each of the bottle caps/carton lids. The hole doesn’t need to be very big, but will need to be a large enough size to fit your skewers/straws into. Finally, attach your wheels to each end of the two axles and tape them both underneath the base of your car.
- Now, your balloon-powered car is ready to be tested! Since there’s been a lot of steps to follow, it’s important to make sure the car works how it should. You can first begin by rolling the car along it’s wheels first, making sure they turn as they should. After that, it’s simply a case of blowing into the balloon that’s attached to the car and making sure it pushes the car along when the air is released. Assuming your tests go along smoothly, that’s the balloon-powered experiment complete!
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Build and Race a Balloon Car!
Does your kid love toys that go fast or racing of any kind? Then today’s experiment is a good one to combine that love with some engineering!
Building and racing a homemade balloon car is a great way to teach engineering and problem-solving to your child. There are lots of variables involved and, if any go wrong, your child will have to figure out the problem to make the car race again.
It’s a fun and engaging engineering experiment with a fun ending (racing!).
How to make the Build and Race a Balloon Car engineering experiment
Supplies you will need.
For this experiment, you will need the following:
- A piece of cardboard
- Four bottle caps
- Small screwdriver or hammer with nail
- Markers or stickers (optional)
Before you start
We are using a small screwdriver or a hammer and nail to cut a small hole in our bottlecaps, so please watch your child while performing that step.
Instructions
Here is how to do this experiment:
Step 1: Make the base of the car
First, we’re going to make the base of our car that everything will attach to.
Cut your piece of cardboard into a rectangle that is about 4-5 inches long and about 2-3 inches wide.
Step 2: Add the axles and wheels
Cut one of your straws to the width of the cardboard and repeat once more. Tape these two straws onto the base of your cardboard, making sure not to make them too close to one another (far enough away that the bottle caps will not touch). Think about where axles are located on a car and tape them in that area.
Next, take the two wooden skewers and cut them to have a couple of inches of clearance on either side of the straws. My skewers were about 12″ long, so I was able to get away with using just one skewer and cutting it down.
Insert one skewer per straw.
Get your child involved : Inserting the wooden skewers is a great fine motor skill for your child!
Step 3: Puncture a hole in each wheel and place on the axles
In this step, we are working with sharp materials, so please watch your child.
Using a small screwdriver or a hammer and a nail, you will puncture a hole in each of your four bottlecaps, near the center of each cap. They have to fit onto the skewers, and if they end up too big, you can add some glue around the hole to keep it in place.
Once each cap has a hole in it, go ahead and place a cap on each axle end.
Step 4 (optional): Decorate your car
Decorate your balloon car with markers or stickers to make it unique and fun!
Get your child involved : This step is all about your kiddo decorating their car with stickers, markers, crayons, pens, or whatever they want!
Step 5: Add the propulsion
Use tape to attach the end of the balloon to the straw nozzle. Make sure that no air can escape! Inflate your balloon by blowing into the straw.
Using tape, attach a straw to the top of the cardboard base, towards the back. This will serve as the nozzle for your balloon car.
Find a smooth surface to race your balloon car on, like a hardwood floor or a table. Place your car at the starting line and let it go!
Step 6: Experiment
Once your car is built, you can race! But isn’t it a little more fun to test out ways to make it faster and go farther?
You can try experimenting with different sizes of balloons, different lengths of straws, and different weights for the cardboard base to see how it affects the speed and distance.
Another test is adding some weight to your car to see how it affects its performance. You can do this by attaching small objects like coins or paper clips to the cardboard base.
Finally, try racing your balloon car on different surfaces like carpet, grass, or tile. How does the surface affect the movement of your car? Does it move faster or slower on different surfaces?
The engineering behind the Build and Race a Balloon Car engineering experiment
This experiment teaches:
Introduction to Engineering and Design
Understanding basic physics principles, importance of variables and testing, how it works.
The balloon car experiment works by utilizing the force of air pressure to propel a car forward. When the inflated balloon is released, the air rushes out through the straw, creating a backward thrust. As a reaction to this force, the car moves forward.
The wheels (bottle caps) reduce friction between the car and the surface, allowing it to roll smoothly.
By adjusting variables like balloon size, weight, and surface, we can observe how these factors affect the car’s speed and distance traveled, providing an introduction to the basic principles of physics and engineering.
Building and racing a balloon car gives us the opportunity to introduce the concept of engineering and design.
Through this experiment, we can teach how to piece together the right materials and components to create a vehicle. And not just any vehicle; a vehicle that moves!
This experiment allows them to engage in problem-solving, critical thinking, and hands-on construction, fostering their creativity and spatial awareness.
The balloon car experiment provides a simplified introduction to basic physics principles.
We can observe how the air escaping from the balloon propels the car forward. If you want to get super specific with your child, you could even talk about Newton’s Third Law of Motion (every action has an equal and opposite reaction).
They can also learn about friction by experimenting with different surfaces (carpet versus tile) and observing how it affects the movement of the car. You could also test out your car on an uphill and downhill to see how it changes the speed of your car!
This experiment encourages children to explore and understand the concept of variables when conducting a STEM experiment.
What are some variables in this experiment?
We can experiment with different variables such as balloon size, weight distribution, and surface types to observe how they impact the performance of the balloon car.
This experiment is a great opportunity to teach the importance of testing and making adjustments to get better results. It’s also a good one to practice problem-solving to get your balloon car going the farthest and fastest it can go.
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- Make a Paper Cup Anemometer: Build a working anemometer and see it spin with the wind!
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Balloon-Powered Car
Air pressure powers a homemade racer across the floor.
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When it comes to powering a race car, there are a lot of options. Some cars use gasoline, diesel fuel, rocket fuel, or other combustible material. Some have used solar power to charge batteries. You can power a miniature race car with a rubber band or a mousetrap. In the Balloon-Powered Car, we’ll show you how to build your own racer and then use air pressure to zip it across a surface.
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Here's What You'll Need
Foam core (see step 2.), 3 x 6” (7.5 x 15 cm), wooden food skewer, 12” (30 cm) long skewers, regular cardboard, strong tape (like duct tape), 10” (25 cm) balloon, lid from a 1 l or 2l bottle, let's try it.
Use the ruler to measure two, 3” (8 cm) pieces from one of the straws. Grab the scissors and cut the two pieces from the straw. These pieces will hold the axles of your car.
You have some choices to use for the frame or base of your car. One is very rigid cardboard that holds its shape well. Another is called foam core. It’s also rigid and light weight. It’s available in most school or business aisles of grocery stores and pharmacies as well as at any business supply store. It’s a foam material sandwiched between very stiff paper. It’s not too expensive and you’ll need only a single piece. It comes in colors, too, so be choosy.
Cut out your base material so that it measures about 3 x 6” (7.5 x 15 cm).
Securely tape the two straws you just cut to the underside of the base. Since they hold the axles, the straws need to be as parallel to each other and as perpendicular to the centerline of the base as possible.
Almost all balloons have a mouthpiece on them that you blow through to inflate them. Use the scissors to trim this ring off of the balloon. The goal is to insure a tight seal to the straw in the next Step.
Slide the straw into the balloon about 2” (5 cm) and use tape to make it an airtight connection. The tape needs to touch both the balloon and the straw for a couple of tight, spiral wraps.
Turn the base so the straws are on the bottom and decide which end will be the front and which will be the rear of your car. You want to place the straw toward the rear of the car and the balloon toward the front in about the center of the base. The straw sticks way out of the back and it needs to be as straight as you can make it. Securely tape the straw in place over the tape already on it from Step 4.
From the flat end (not the pointy end) of the skewer, measure two 4” (10 cm) lengths. With the scissors or a small saw, cut the measured lengths. These are the axles for your car. Save the pointy end for the next Step. Slide the new axles into the straws on the base.
Use the soda bottle cap to trace four circles on the cardboard. These will be the wheels for your car so draw them carefully. Use the ruler to draw two diameters on each wheel. You need to know where to find the center of each. Cutting out the wheels is as important as having parallel axles so take your time. Use the best tool you have to make them the same size and as evenly round as you can.
Use the pointy end of the skewer to poke a small hole through the very center of each wheel. That would be where the two diameter lines cross.
Attach the perfectly round wheels to the perfectly parallel axles through the perfectly centered holes. Keep the wheels perfectly parallel to and aligned perfectly with each other, too. Perfect! OK, that was a little much but the alliteration was fun. Just do your best and enjoy yourself as well.
This is the power moment! Go to your preferred track location (any hard surface works) and fuel your racer with potential energy by inflating the balloon. Block or pinch the straw as you set up on the start point and then release it when you’re ready to roll. Potential energy converts to kinetic energy, Newton’s Third Law of Motion kicks in, and your racer screams down the track!
How Does It Work
The concept behind the Balloon-Powered Car is pretty simple, but that doesn’t make it any less impressive. When you blow up the balloon, set your racer down, and let it go, escaping air from the balloon rushes out of the straw. This is your car’s propulsion system. As briefly mentioned in Step 8, the principle at work is Newton’s Third Law of Motion. This law states that for every action, there is an equal but opposite reaction. In the case of the Balloon-Powered Car, the action is the air rushing from the straw and pushing against the air behind the car. The reaction is the air behind the car pushing against the car with the same force causing the forward movement of the car.
The potential energy of the car is stored in the expanding elastic material of the balloon. As the balloon fills with air, it adds more potential or stored energy. As the air flows from the balloon, the energy changes to kinetic energy or the energy of motion. The moving Balloon-Powered Car is using kinetic energy. If you aim your car down a ramp from the top of the ramp, just lifting it up into position adds potential energy thanks to gravity. Upon release, the energy converts to kinetic and the car goes until there’s not enough to move it anymore.
The first part of Step 8 was in fun but the points are correct. The rounder the wheels, the better. The parallel axles and wheels mean the car will travel in a straight line and not veer one way or the other and lose energy doing so. Centering the wheel on the axle means it rolls evenly without a wobble or an up and down movement which, you guessed it, eats up energy that could go to speed. Wow! There’s a lot packed into this simple design!
Take It Further
There are a ton of things you can do to personalize and do research with your car:
- Create fun designs and colors on your car to really make it your own.
- Change the size of the wheels to determine how that (and alignment) might affect the distance and direction your car travels.
- What if you use four lids for wheels instead of cutting out your own wheels?
- Trim the propulsion straw or test different sizes to see which exhaust system supplies the most thrust.
- Test different balloons and straws to find the ideal combination for the best speed (speed = distance divided by time).
- You have the perfect tool to confirm that Newton’s Laws of Motion are, in fact, correct. You can easily alter the car for the tests.
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