Get Speedy with Mattel’s Hot Wheels Braille Racers
I have my car, what now?
Now you have your Racer, it’s time to set yourself some challenges. If you don’t have a Braille Racer, you can use any toy cars you have at home. Make sure you take photos and videos of your challenge as you can enter them into our VICTA Science Fair competition.
The @HotWheels YouTube Channel has a whole host of activities dedicated to getting you engaged and discovering with the help of your cars. If you prefer to set your own challenge, that’s fine too. Don’t worry if you don’t have the Hot Wheels tracks at home that they use in these videos – you can explore the concepts at home using materials found around the house. What material creates the fastest track? Can you demonstrate the effect friction could have on your car’s speed? Can you create a launcher to help your car accelerate?
Here are some of our favourite challenges and STEM topics to inspire you from Hot Wheels Labs…
Hot Wheels rapid speed acceleration test
Build a track that never touches the ground
Build the fastest track – potential energy
Invisible energy
Friction & breaking
Magnetic drift challenge
Enter the competition
Once you have had fun completing your challenge, take a photo or video and submit it via the competition form here >
Discovery never stops! Keep checking back and investigating as new activities are added. Stay up-to-date by following VICTA on social media.
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