Mark your calendars! On Saturday, June 4, 2016, one team from each of the six science classes will be invited to attend the annual EWEB Solar Challenge held at Cal Young Middle School. Registration begins at 9:30 am and the first race begins at 11:00. Room 210 will be open (via the back door) starting at 9:00 am that morning for last minute adjustments. (a bit of a home court advantage).
Students will start designing solar cars this week. One view of the solar car drawings must be completed by each member of the group before building can begin. Each drawing must be actual size and have everything labeled as indicated on the drawing scoring guide click here. Information about the schedule for building the cars is in the Solar Car day by day Instructions and other tips for planning can be found on this fact sheet. We will review some Engineering Terms that relate to the solar car project and will be covered on the OAKS science test (May 24th and 25th).
Here’s a link to the solar challenge website. When you are not needed for physically building your car please explore this website.
In the middle photo is our last winning car in 2014! Lets find a photo to replace it:) The photo on the right shows the hallway tests and the photo on the left shows another stellar team from 2014. (I can’t find any photos from 2015, but I have car samples in the classroom to show you.
