Solar Car Engineering Challenge

On the blacktop on a sunny day the picture looks down onto a kneeling woman setting a model solar car onto the pavement.
Learning Goals
  1. Describe how solar cars work
  2. Accurately record and measure data
  3. Use data to propose changes to experimental designs
  4. Research a topic
  5. Complete a full engineering assignment
  6. Explain pros/cons of various prototypes
  7. Work successfully within a group to accomplish a specific task
  8. Brainstorm various ideas for solar car design
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Time: 6-8 Class Periods

Students learn the fundamentals of energy transformation and vocabulary, electrical circuits, explore energy usage in their homes. Students then explore energy generation, including the use of magnetism and renewable energy sources (6 lessons).

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