Maine’s Junior Solar Sprint
is Old Enough to Vote!
A free mentor workshop will be offered on Saturday, March 10 (snow date: March 17), at the Owls Head Transportation Museum near Rockland. Qualifying races will be organized for interested schools from middle May right up to the State Finals (also at Owls Head) on Saturday, June 9.
Thanks to a grant from the Governor’s Office of Energy Independence and Security (OEIS), Maine’s Junior Solar Sprint will celebrate its 18th birthday this spring. This popular model solar car competition, coordinated in state by MEEP, has middle school students designing, building and racing vehicles that are powered electrically by our sun’s light---photovoltaics.
Participants are provided a motor and a three volt solar module, often scrounging materials for the chassis, wheels and transmission. (Teachers generally supplement with purchased supplies as well.) MEEP will help subsidize costs for the motors, modules and other materials, so please don’t opt out because of expense.
For more information please contact Peter Zack by phone (207.625.7833) or email: peter@meepnews.org. Kids, start your (silent) motors!
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Electrathon (High School): Students construct single-person, battery-operated vehicles for regional and national competitions. Contact MEEP for more information.