What is a mousetrap car?
A mousetrap car is a miniature vehicle powered by the spring device of a mousetrap. Building mousetrap cars is used as a project in many middle school and high school science classes.The mousetrap car is a problem solving activity in which students are encouraged to develop a self-propelled vehicle by harnessing the potential energy that can be stored in a mousetrap spring and transferring it to wheels to propel the vehicle.