ERIC Number: EJ994501
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012-May
Pages: 2
Abstractor: ERIC
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ISSN: ISSN-1062-9351
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Build an Inexpensive Wind Tunnel to Test CO2 Cars
McCormick, Kevin
Tech Directions, v71 n10 p22-23 May 2012
As part of the technology education curriculum, the author's eighth-grade students design, build, test, and race CO2 vehicles. To help them in refining their designs, they use a wind tunnel to test for aerodynamic drag. In this article, the author describes how to build a wind tunnel using inexpensive, readily available materials. (Contains 1 figure.)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Grade 8; Junior High Schools; Middle Schools
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Language: English
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