Young Engineers: Wind-Powered Sail Car - Easy DIY STEM Activity for Kids

Find more projects like this at Wheels: Glue gun: Cubes: The Young Engineers series is a collection of STEM Projects that I developed while teaching K-6 students. Every project uses the same set of inexpensive materials so it’s cost effective for parents and educators to do multiple projects or teach large groups. Printable lesson plans and project picture sheets are available at Sail Car: The sail car is one of the simplest car projects, and it provides a great opportunity to learn how wind can be harnessed to propel vehicles. Test the success of a variety of sails by placing the car in front of a fan, and measuring how far it travels!