On Saturday, May 30th 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 and the first race begins at 11:00. My classroom will be open (via the back door) starting at 9:00 am for last minute adjustments. (a bit of a home court advantage.
Students started designing solar cars this week. Information about building the cars can be found on this fact sheet. Here is the link to the Solar Car website. We reviewed some Engineering Terms that relate to the solar car project and will be covered on the Physics Final as well as the OAKS science test. For the scoring guide for solar car drawings click here. 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 scoring guide.
Here’s a photo of last year’s winning team and their car Windsor from Cal Young!
