{"id":141,"date":"2014-01-05T22:01:25","date_gmt":"2014-01-05T22:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/interestingcool.com\/?p=141"},"modified":"2014-01-06T13:19:27","modified_gmt":"2014-01-06T13:19:27","slug":"cub-scout-pack-project-rocket-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/interestingcool.com\/?p=141","title":{"rendered":"Cub Scout Pack project – Rocket Car!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have found this cool project on Home Science Tools<\/a>\u00a0 and was really pumped to share this with the Cub Scouts for which I am the new Cubmaster. Here’s a quick step by step for how to build a balloon powered rocket car.<\/p>\n

First off we need a plastic water or soda bottle (500ml or 16.9 oz depending on your favorite measurement system).<\/p>\n

You will also need 5 beverage straws, one wooden shish-kabob skewer, 4 water bottle caps (wheels), a balloon, and duct or masking tape.<\/p>\n

Tools will be a nail, hammer, knife, and scissors.<\/p>\n

First step is to cut one beverage straw into two bottle width lengths.<\/p>\n

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Second step is to use a hammer and small nail to put the hole in the wheels (bottle caps).<\/p>\n

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Make sure the nail is a bit narrower than the skewer. \u00a0If it is not, you will need some modeling clay, or some form of glue to adhere the wheel to the axle (skewer).<\/p>\n

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After putting one wheel on each axle, you will then attach the cut straws on the bottom of the bottle and attach the other wheel on each axle.<\/p>\n

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Following this, you will then stretch out the balloon a bit, by pulling it, and then inflating\/deflating the balloon several times to prepare it.\"DSCN0656\"<\/p>\n

After doing this, you will insert four straws into the balloon and then tape them together.<\/p>\n

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After this you will cut a small x in the bottle about 4 inches from the mouth of the bottle and then insert the straws from the cut through the mouth.<\/p>\n

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You will then blow into the straw, between breaths pinch the balloon above the straws to seal it and let you inflate another breath into the balloon.<\/p>\n

After it is full, set it on a hard surface and let her go. \u00a0She should move along the ground powered by the air from the nozzle you built with the straws and the balloon.<\/p>\n

Your rocket can be decorated with stickers, paint, or other light weight objects.<\/p>\n

Send me pictures of what you have made here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I have found this cool project on Home Science Tools\u00a0 and was really pumped to share this with the Cub Scouts for which I am the new Cubmaster. Here’s a quick step by step for how to build a balloon powered rocket car. First off we need a plastic water or soda bottle (500ml or … Continue reading Cub Scout Pack project – Rocket Car!<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/interestingcool.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/interestingcool.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/interestingcool.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/interestingcool.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/interestingcool.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=141"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/interestingcool.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":143,"href":"http:\/\/interestingcool.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141\/revisions\/143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/interestingcool.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/interestingcool.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/interestingcool.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}