Why does a higher ramp send a car flying farther? What happens when a speeding car slams into a tower of cups? Does a heavier car win the race? In Hot Wheels Physics, students grab a car, build a ramp, and find out.

Using Hot Wheels cars and track pieces as their laboratory, students investigate the real forces behind motion — gravity, friction, air resistance, momentum, and energy transfer. Each session pairs a physics concept with a hands-on challenge: students predict what will happen, run the experiment, observe the results, and modify their design until the science makes sense. They cover ramps in crinkled foil to test friction, stack washers on cars to explore mass, and launch crash tests that send cups flying across the room.

This is an inquiry-based class, which means students do the thinking. Rather than following step-by-step instructions, they generate their own predictions and draw their own conclusions — with an instructor who guides through questions rather than answers. The program builds toward a Grand Prix capstone where every group designs and builds a full custom race track using every concept they have learned.

Fast, physical, and genuinely scientific — Hot Wheels Physics turns curiosity into discovery, one launch at a time!