THE PASTA MOBILE

Rounding in on week two, we had the opportunity of creating out very own Pasta Mobile. The Pasta Mobile is an individualized project in which each kid makes a mobile, using the main materials of glue and pasta, to create a cart that can go down the a ramp the farthest. Throughout this they learned about the science behind friction and how it affects cars.

Before beginning this project, it is highly recommended that you have some ideas on how you want to approach your design, so you don't go into it blindly. 

Above, is a basic design of a pasta mobile. 

To build this, first take a piece of the Lasagna pasta. 

Then take two pieces of penne pasta and glue them on opposite ends of the lasagna. Next, take a few pieces of spaghetti and stick them through the penne. These will as a the axis the wheels will rotate on. It is also best to break the spaghetti sticks in half because if too long, the sticks will likely break.

Then put some glue about two inches in from the open end of the spaghetti stick and wait until it dries.

Insert your pasta wheels on the open end, and put glue on the other side of the wheel on the spaghetti stick.

To turn this into a competition, you can find a ramp, roll each mobile down the ramp, and measure how far it goes. Whose