Wood Car Rally (Apple II, 5 1/4" Disk) MECC - 1988 USA, Canada Release
Wood Car Rally
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| Product ID | 49709-10118 |
| Product UPC | 049709101182 |
| Product ISBN | 0-87490-469-2 |
| Manufacturer # | A-214 |
| Platform(s) | Apple II |
| Packaging | Generic Binder |
| Media | 5 1/4" Disk |
| Copyright date | 1988 |
| Publisher(s) | MECC |
| Category(s) | Education, Science |
| Recommended age(s) | Grades 3-6. |
| Country of Origin | United States of America |
Description from the packaging.
Students develop science inquiry skills by using "wood cars" to learn about the physical science concepts of force and motion.
Wood Car Rally is a discovery-learning simulation that capitalizes on the natural curiosity of students and encourages them to use their curiosity while learning scientific content and developing appropriate scientific processes.
Wood Car Rally is a part of MECC's Science Inquiry Collection. Like all the packages in this collection, Wood Car Rally features a strong process orientation while presenting material that is firmly anchored in the elementary and junior high school science curriculum.
In Wood Car Rally, students are challenged to determine how each of three car characteristics and two ramp characteristics affect the distance a "wood car" will travel down a runway. Students make this determination by testing cars with various combinations of car shape, weight, and lubrication, as well as ramp length and angle. As the cars are tested, students observe and record their results. The information collected will enable students to determine how each characteristic affects the distance a car will travel.
Physical science concepts addressed by or related to Wood Car Rally include:
- Motion and the laws of motion
- Forces
- Gravity
- Friction and
- Lubrication
Science process skills developed by Wood Car Rally include:
- Observing
- Communicating
- Inferring
- Comparing
- Organizing
- Relating
- Designing an experiment and
- Estimating
System Requirements
Apple II
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| Required CPU | Apple IIe |
| Required RAM | 128K |
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Wood Car Rally (Apple II, 5 1/4" Disk) MECC - 1988 USA, Canada Release
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| Designer | Gene Breault, Greg Holey, Kevin Neff, John Persoon, Diane Portner |
