Design a Toy with Kinematics: Get Creative

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The discussion centers on designing a toy that incorporates kinematics and conservation of energy for children. The original poster seeks ideas for the toy, emphasizing the need for simplicity. A participant challenges the poster to share their own ideas first, highlighting the collaborative nature of the forum. The poster ultimately decides to create an elastic car and inquires about measuring the spring constants of rubber bands. They later find a solution using a meter stick and a fish scale.
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As part of a culminating activity for my course, I am asked to design and build a toy for children that uses kinematics and conservation of energy. I was wondering if anybody could post some ideas?
 
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gbaby370 said:
As part of a culminating activity for my course, I am asked to design and build a toy for children that uses kinematics and conservation of energy. I was wondering if anybody could post some ideas?

Why don't you tell us YOUR ideas first. If you HAVE no ideas, you are just asking us to do your work. That's not the way this forum works.
 
Ok, well the requirements is to make it something simple that young children can play with.

I've decided I'm going to make an elastic car.

Now my next question is, Is there a way that I can find the spring constants of the rubber bands I will use?
 
Disregard, I found a meter stick and a fish scale.
 

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