Year 9

Model Solar Vehicle challenge

Article by Lisa Newton, Teacher of Mathematics and Science 

Last Sunday’s Victorian Model Solar Vehicle Challenge went ahead despite the weather. Rain fell all day with little reprieve, which is a tough break for a competition that depends on sunshine. The Sheridan Kit Car competition was moved indoors, and our students adapted quickly, reconfiguring their cars to run on the track with a battery. It was a successful race day with one team finishing fourth- Well done Jacob Jusuf. Whilst Jayden Sayko took first place for his poster. The posters communicated the construction process and highlighting how they tested and improved their vehicle performance.

The Advanced boat race tested the students’ perseverance as they competed in the rain. Early in the day, the motors struggled to start in the low light and with wet connections, so teams worked through the design cycle on the spot, testing, evaluating and modifying their boats to reduce friction in their drive systems. For Lachlan Stieg and Marcus Zucchi, this iterative problem-solving paid off, with their team finishing fourth in the race. Hadley Scott and Jayden Scott won best poster in the Advanced boat category, with their documentation clearly communicating their design decisions. Congratulations to all competing students on their results and on the resilience and engineering mindset they showed on a very wet day.

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