Target

Families

Thematic

Science teaching | Mathematics | Tinkering | Physics

Ciência Viva at home

Garage

Keywords

car | mathematics | square | wheels

Duration

60 min

Typology

Experimental protocol

We don't know how many times the wheel was discovered, but we do know that it is circular. And we know that it is not just a coincidence! The roads are generally flat. What if a square wheel had been discovered? What kind of world would we live in today? Is it possible for a car to ride on a bumpy floor? How would the wheels have to be? We are going to build cars to ride on a special road and race with square wheeled cars, without noise or bumps!

This activity comes under the program #cienciavivaathome. From the kitchen to the bathroom, even walking through the garage, no room was left out: after all, science is everywhere!