Kids combined the sails of a boat to wheels to make wind-powered cars! With the help of UT engineering students, they experimented with different shapes and sizes of sails to see what made their car go the straightest, or the fastest, or the farthest.

A dad helps his daughter give her car some style by decorating with stickers.

On your mark, get set, go! Young engineers race their cars in front of the fans.

Another young engineer points to some mechanical gears as he tells Steven, a Gallery Educator, he wants to grow up and build lots of stuff.

A mother and daughter team up to build their car!

Are you interested in making a wind-powered car too? The UT engineering students gave us the instructions on how to make one. Click here to download them! They also included some handy things to consider when building your car.

Did you know if you design a car with a low center of gravity, the car is less likely to tip over? For a low center of gravity, make sure you’re car isn’t too tall and that the heaviest parts of the car are close to the ground.

Test run some different sails to see what will make your car go the fastest and farthest!

Check out the Museum’s Flickr as well for more photos from Engineering Saturday. Also check out the Engineering Saturday page on the Museum web site to see upcoming events.