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Science Buddies: Rubber Bands for Energy ActivityScience Buddies: Rubber Bands for Energy Activity
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Science Buddies
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3rd - 5th
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Science Buddies: Rubber Bands for Energy

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If you've ever been shot with a rubber band then you know it has energy in it, enough energy to smack you in the arm and cause a sting. How can the energy of a rubber band be put to work? In this experiment you will find out how the stretching of a rubber band affects the amount of energy that springs out of it.

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energy, rubber bands, mechanical engineering

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science fair project, science buddies, science project

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • The intended use for this resource is Instructional

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