Ready to make your own air-powered car and understand the science behind it? This simple yet exciting DIY project shows how to create a balloon-powered car using basic materials. In this video, you’ll ...

In this project you will use this principle to build a toy car that is propelled forward by the stream of air escaping a balloon as it deflates. The car also contains a simple machine: the wheel ...

St. Joseph High School ninth graders in physical science teacher Abigail Barker’s classes recently took part in a balloon-powered car project. “They used water bottles and balloons to ...

Joe Kline / The Bulletin Marcus Flores, 10, right, blows up his balloon car to test it as his brother, Cusi Flores, 12, watches during a STEAM Team event at the East Bend Library on Saturday.

While working on the project – which was tied to the school ... questions such as “How does the design of a balloon-powered car maximize its forward force while minimizing backward forces ...