Tuesday, January 12, 2010

How to Make a Better Lou-Vee-Air Car Propeller from a File Folder

On a file folder, draw a rectangle 7 in long and 1.25 inches wide. 
Draw lines from top right to bottom left corner and top lef to bottom right corner.
Make a small hole for the propeller shaft wire to pass through.
Cut out the rectangle.

Monday, January 11, 2010

Do you Know why President Clinton was in Northbrook Illinois Jan. 21, 1997?

He was there to promote adotion of the National Standards for Science and Math education.
Northbrooks' corsortium of school came out at the "Top of the World" in the international science and math test, and he was there to congratulate the schools and the students while using them as role models.  In the course of his visit, Associated Press and NBC and other media reporters showed him and the eminent Secretary of Education, Riley, watching the Lou-Vee-Air(tm) scratch-built by a student as it raced alont its little track in an eighth grade classroom.
Go here to visit the NATIONAL STANDARDS, which can be downloaded as a PDF file
http://www.nap.edu/catalog/4962.html
The plans and instructions for building the original Lou-Vee-AirCar are on a Tripod site:
http://bpscience.tripod.com/lou.htm
You can find my draft version of the new Lou-Vee-Air(tm)Car Teachers Manual at the following link as a free download MS Word file:
http://lou-vee-aircars.blogspot.com/2009/10/your-teachers-manual-how-to-assemble.html