Amazing Rubber Band Cars: Easy-to-Build Wind-Up Racers, Models, and Toys
To my parents Conrad and Kathryn
Acknowledgments would like to thank my wife Annelle for tolerat ing cardboard cars zipping around the house Thanks to our daughters Tia and Ember for drawing assistance and encouragement I can't omit the tireless efforts of my agent Renee Zuckerbrot as well as the assistance of my editor Jerome Pohlen Last I won't forget the ladies at work who smiled and patiently nodded affirmation every time I showed off my latest and most fantastic card board
Introduction he cars and toys in this book are designed to be easily assembled from common household materials Construction of a car requires only cardboard glue pencils and rubber bands My hope is that parents will build these cardboard cars with their kids You can work together build memories and share a book Whether you plant the seeds for a future engineer or retain a lifetime memory of card board glued to the carpet something significant will happen By spending time with their children parents can open the lines of communication If you ask a child how things went at school the answer will probably be Fine But if you're working through this book together the stories about friends bullies and teach ers will emerge Engineering is the application of scientific princi ples knowledge to practical things that people use Applying knowledge from this book to household materials will produce practical things toys for kids to use Although there is no mention of Newton's third law or translation of linear motion to rota tional motion the child who is fascinated by this book has interests that may lead to a future career in the sciences Parents should support their child's
