Ignite Curiosity — Turn Wind into Motion with the Slick Wind Power Car Kit

Invite your students to become young engineers, physicists, and designers—with just one compact kit. The Slick Wind Power Car Kit offers a rich, hands-on experience that ties together multiple STEM concepts in a way students can see, feel, and explore.

 What’s inside & how it works

• A lightweight car chassis that’s easy to assemble

• A motor-driven fan (propeller)

• Battery holder and wiring to power the motor

• Parts to mount, balance, and align the fan on the vehicle

When students power up the motor, the fan pushes air backward. Thanks to Newton’s third law (action and reaction), the reaction force drives the car forward.

 STEM concepts in action

As students build and test this kit, they’ll naturally explore and discover:

Why teachers will love it

• Low-cost, high-impact kit — ideal for individual or small-group builds

• Scalable challenge levels — adapt for grades 6–10 by varying the depth of extension tasks

• Cross-curricular potential — integrates science, math, engineering, and technology

• Resource-ready — comes with a teacher’s guide (see Additional Resources) to support lesson planning Kidder

Classroom Activity Ideas

• Design sprint: Give student teams limited time to assemble and test, then showcase and compare design choices

• Optimization lab: Ask teams to tweak their builds (adjust fan angle, change wheel diameter, or shift battery placement) to maximize distance or speed

• Data challenge: Students log multiple runs, collect distance/time data, graph results, and propose which variables had the biggest effect

• Extension project: Have students adapt the car into a wind-powered glider or hybrid version combining this fan-motor with a sail