User Manual

HEY HOT WHEELS
®
FANS!
MATERIALS!
L et’s get into the science behind your Hot Wheels
®
Speed Winders™! All motorcycles
and cars have engines that create energy to make them move. Your Speed Winders™
vehicle has an engine, too: A RUBBER BAND. Objects that store energy when their
shape is changed have POTENTIAL ENERGY. Rubber bands are a great example of
potential energy. When a rubber band is wound up, it will always want to return to its
original shape. This is called ELASTIC POTENTIAL ENERGY because the energy is
stored in elastic materials as a result of stretching or compressing.
W hen you launch your Speed Winders™ vehicle, it races away! It
moves because your rubber band engine is unwinding and
releasing all of its stored-up energy. When energy goes
from being stored to being released, scientists call this
kind of energy KINETIC ENERGY. When your Speed
Winders™ vehicle rolls to a stop, check out the rubber
band! Has the shape of the rubber band changed? Has
it returned to its original shape?
HOT WHEELS® SPEED WINDERS
™
ARE RUBBER BAND-POWERED
VEHICLES THAT LET KIDS RACE, EXPERIMENT, AND DISCOVER
DIFFERENT WAYS TO PLAY WITH ENERGY!
TRY OUT THE FOLLOWING EXPERIMENTS TO SEE IF YOUR VEHICLE IS BUILT FOR THE CHALLENGE!
Speed Winders™
Torque Twister™
Speed Winders™
Twisted Cycle™
Pencil
(Not Included)
Tape
(Not Included)
Extra Rubber Bands
(Not Included)
Included Speed
Winders™ Ruler or
Measuring Tape (Not
Included)
HERE’S WHAT YOU’LL NEED
FOR THE EXPERIMENTS:
READY TO TEST
THE POWER &
PERFORMANCE
OF YOUR SPEED
WINDERS
™
?
Speed Winders™
STEAM Activity
Guide
ENGINEERING
ART
MATH
SCIENCE
TECHNOLOGY
ENGINEERING
ART
MATH
SCIENCE
TECHNOLOGY
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