1. STEM Solar Car Competition When: Saturday May 10, 2014 Where: Edison State College Time: 9:00am -3:00pm Lunch: provided Each Middle School will send one team to represent their school at the competition (school winner). The winner will be the team with the fastest car in a double elimination tournament.

2. School Design Competition Teams: randomly chosen 4 students per team (draw names) Design Competition: Each group will research solar cars. Based on research, each group will design and draw a solar car that they believe will be the fastest. In each class students vote on their class’ favorite 3 designs. The team with the most points moves on to the solar car construction round.

3. Solar Car Construction Solar Car Construction Competition: The top team from each class will use the Solar Car kit to actually build and test their design. The top team from each class will race their cars to establish an overall school winning team. The winning team moves on to represent their school at the District STEM Competition. Materials: solar car kit, glue guns/sticks, x-acto knives, display board  Body and other materials that may be needed for construction are not provided.

4. Specifications: must be followed or group will be disqualified Body can be designed using any material (cardboard, plastic, wood, etc.), any dimension or weight. You may NOT use different motors, additional motors or any other propulsion other than what is provided. NO other electronics may be used to enhance solar car. Wiring, motor, and gears must be visible and/or accessible to judges for inspection prior to racing. The car must have a minimum of 3 wheels and can be as short or long as desired. Rules of Competition

5. Solar Car Event Pictures / Video http://fsec.ucf.edu/livewire/photos/2517-jss/content/DSC_1505_large.html http://vimeo.com/9522310 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8u2z8V3p2ts Example Designs