(http://thewiredhomeschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/gravity-racer.jpg)Today is DAY 11 of a special Podcast Awards (http://podcastawards.com) edition of The Wired Homeschool. If you want to listen to any previous episodes in this series, you can find them all here (http://thewiredhomeschool.com/podcastawards).

Let’s get started!

Build a Gravity Car

When I was kid, my summers included building gravity cars. It was a rite passage and the competition with outer kids to build the fastest and best-looking race car kept us busy for weeks. If you don’t think you can design one on your own, here are a few projects to give you some ideas:

* Official Soap Box Derby® Plans (http://www.soapboxderby.org/education-program/building-a-car.aspx)

* Easy Soap Box Car Build (http://www.instructables.com/id/Soap-Box-Derby-Car-Overview/)

* Various Soap Box Cars (https://diy.org/skills/transportengineer/challenges/247/build-a-soap-box-car)

STEM or STEAM Categories

Kids engage in all the STEAM categories when building a soap box derby car. You can even throw in a little history lesson to teach them why its called a soap box derby are.

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How to Vote

Visit PodcastAwards.com (http://podcastawards.com), checkmark the podcasts that get your vote, fill out the brief form, and confirm your vote via email. That’s it! It only takes a minute or two. You may also consider voting for these podcasts too.

Arts

Resourceful Designer

Business

The Productive Woman

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Triplecast

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Congressional Dish

Kids & Family

Dad Spotlight

Music

The Bugcast

People’s Choice

The Hollywood Outsider

Sports & Recreation

Packers Fan Podcast

Technology

The Audacity to Podcast

TV & Film

ONCE – Once Upon a Time Podcast

Please remember to vote for The Wired Homeschool in the 2016 People’s Choice Podcast Awards (http://podcastawards.com).

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Music for the podcast by Kevin Macleod (http://incompetech.com/).

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