It was almost race day, and the track was not built yet! The Professor, Shane and Shelly had to get busy! All the wood for the track was at the Church, and the Professor had printed out instructions from his computer. It should be easy, right? Wrong! It was not easy! The pieces of wood […]
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Professor Ooops and the Pinewood Derby – Overweight
The cars were designed, cut out, sanded, painted, and the wheels were attached! The kids wanted to race the cars right now! They begged the Professor to set up the track and let them race! The Professor said, “Ooops! I have not had time to build the track yet!” The kids did not know if […]
Professor Ooops and the Pinewood Derby – Wheels
The pinewood derby cars were cut out, sanded, and painted! It was time to put the wheels on the cars! Professor Ooops was so excited because he was going to show the kids how to put the wheels on the cars. The Professor thought that he knew everything there was to know about wheels, and […]
Professor Ooops and the Pinewood Derby – Painting
The kids were excited! No, it was not racing night, it was painting night! The kids all had ideas of how they wanted to paint their cars, and they could hardly wait to start! Professor Ooops tried to calm the kids down so he could tell them some important things. The most important thing was […]
Professor Ooops and the Pinewood Derby – Sanding
Now that all the cars had names written on the bottom, all the kids were ready for the next step. At the next meeting, the Professor told the kids that they needed to sand the wood so that the wood would be smooth. The Professor showed the kids that he had several different kinds of […]
Professor Ooops and the Pinewood Derby – No Names
The next Wednesday night the Professor, Shane, and Shelly went to Church early because they needed to clean up all the sawdust from cutting out the cars! They got out brooms and swept the sawdust into a big pile in the middle of the room, and then the Professor got out the shop vacuum suck […]
Professor Ooops and the Pinewood Derby – Cutting out the Cars
Wednesday night all the kids arrived early; they were so excited because this was the night that the Professor was going to cut out their pinewood derby cars. Shane and Shelly came in carrying the Professor’s bandsaw. It was heavy and they were very careful not to drop it. They set the bandsaw on the […]
Professor Ooops and the Pinewood Derby – Sorting the Cars
After the kids left, the Professor, Shane, and Shelly had to clean up the mess. There were pencils, erasers, and blocks of wood everywhere! Shelly said, “We have to pick everything up, and organize everything for our meeting next week.” Shane added, “That’s right! Next week we must cut out all the cars from the […]
Professor Ooops and the Pinewood Derby – Designing Cars
Before the next meeting with the kids, Professor Ooops had to cut the 8-foot-long pieces of spruce wood into 7-inch blocks of wood so that the kids could make their cars. The Professor got out his dull hand saw and began to cut blocks of wood. It was hard work because the saw was not […]
Professor Ooops and the Pinewood Derby – Shopping
The next day the Professor, Shane and Shelly met to go shopping. They had to buy all the materials that they needed to build the pinewood derby cars and the racetrack. Shane told the Professor, “My friend showed me a website where we can order kits to build the pinewood derby cars, and also we […]