Make a paper animal walk on it's own! (STEM Project)

Make a paper animal walk on it's own! (STEM Project) Made for parents and teachers Hey, welcome back to Kids Fun Science! Today's experiment shows how to make a walking paper animal, a fun **do it yourself** project. This engaging **science project** is perfect for **kids crafts**, demonstrating principles of movement through **paper crafts**. It's one of our **easy crafts** that also provides a great introduction to STEM concepts. Science Kits and more https://elementarysciencen.wixsite.com/sciencekits Kids Fun Science Online Store https://teespring.com/stores/kids-fun-science Chapters 0:00 Kids Fun Science Intro 0:08 What your need 0:15 Measures 0:20 Set up 1:14 height for ramp 1:18 1st paper animal walk with no head 2:04 Cat walk 2:43 Longer legs makes it walk faster 2:56 measurement for longer legs 3:24 other paper experiments This STEM project is a great physical learning and once you get it to work, then start to play around on different size legs or body to see if you can get it to go down faster. My longer leg animal cut the time by over 30 seconds. Change the angle of the ramp also to see what happens. I used a thick card stock paper, but construction paper will also work. Once again trying different types of paper to see the results. For the measurements just stop the video and you get get them there. When you cut out your animal the 2 outside 1.5 cm pieces are legs and the middle will either be the neck or tail. Science behind this. The paper animal walks by rocking back and forth on its angled feet. As the animal/cat rocks from one foot to the other, gravity pulls the feet down the incline. So it rocks to the right, and the left foot, which is no longer touching the board, moves forward. It rocks to the left, and the right foot moves forward. Depending on the angle of the ramp, could make the animal go faster. I added 3cm to my legs and cut off almost 30 seconds. Let me know what works for you. If you can’t get your animal to walk, make sure that the legs are nice and straight. Make sure the head and tail are over the body. If you use a head, make sure it is centered as my cat kept falling to the side as I didn't have it centered at first. Adjust the height of angle. If the animal won’t walk, make it higher. If the horse tips forward, make it lower. I used around 6 cm ramp. If your horse is not rocking back and forth smoothly, try trimming the feet to make them rounded. Make sure you legs are even in size. You will have to play around to get it to work as it took me a couple times. Let me know if you have any questions. Please LIKE and SUBSCRIBE if you like this experiment. thx. #paperanimals #paperanimal