"We wanted to make a toy car, that would be able to move, out of recycled materials. First of all, we selected a YouTube tutorial to watch, and then accumulated the materials shown in the video. Over time we collected the required items. These included: 4 plastic bottle lids, paper straws, wooden ice lolly sticks, skewers, 2 old batteries, an elastic band, and we borrowed a glue gun from the art department. On our first attempt we used UHU adhesive glue, but this was too messy, took too long to dry and it wasn't actually sticky enough! This was why we then tried the glue gun on our second attempt which was much more successful.
We followed these instructions thoroughly to build the car: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLu2Eols0BI&t=3s
Once we had built the car we tested out it's functionality. Unfortunately, the elastic band snapped a couple of times, and we needed some minor repairs to be done on the car. But in the end we were successful and had fun building it.
Overall, this project tested my patience, challenged our problem solving skills and made us happy that we managed to build it and have fun! "
Skills Learned: Artistic, Communication, Practical, Research and Teamwork skills