Introduction
This tutorial will show you how to make a rubber band-powered boat working model science model at home quickly. When we wind multiple times the rubber band, our muscular energy transforms into potential energy in a rubber band.
When we leave a rubber band, its potential energy transforms into mechanical energy in the rubber band, resulting from acting like a propeller that gives its motion.
Supplies
To make this science model of a working rubber band-powered boat, we will need the following supplies.
Material
- Rubber bands
- Two plastic spoons
- Two ice cream sticks
- Empty plastic water bottle
- Thread
- Hot glue gun
Steps To Make A Rubber Band-Powered Boat
Step 1: First, take an empty plastic water bottle and attach two ice cream sticks on the opposite sides at the bottom portion of the bottle with the help of a rubber band, which can secure with the hot glue gun.
Step 2: Take both plastic spoons and break the back portion of the same. Attach the back portion of both the utensils with the help of a thread or hot glue gun, as shown in the picture.
Step 3: Use a smaller rubber band and tag another end of the ice cream sticks attached to the plastic bottle.
Step 4: Next, place the attached plastic spoons in the middle of it. Then, wind multiple times so that it can work like a propeller fan.
Step 5: Continue to wind it and stop when it is tough to find it any further because if you try to incorporate it more, the frame of our boat or rubber band can break.
Step 6: Now, we have done with the winding rubber bands so let the board set place the boat in a tub or a small pond containing water.
Observe that the fan rotates, which acts as a propeller, and the boat will move around.
Now let the boat sail, and once its winding finishes again, turn the propeller in the same way you did earlier and put it back in the water.
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Rubber band-powered boat models help students learn the boat’s working and be made with readily available material at home.
Cisco Ramon is an American software engineer who has experience in several popular and commercially successful programming languages and development tools. He has been writing content since last 5 years. He is a Senior Manager at Rude Labs Pvt. Ltd.
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