Solar Boats

This is a competition for students from primary school through to Year 12 and university. The state championships are usually held at Scienceworks on the second weekend of term 4. 

Victorian Model Solar Vehicle Challengehttp://www.modelsolar.org.au/

The objective of the Model Boat Challenge is to develop a craft that will most effectively travel along a guideline suspended above the water’s surface and race against other like crafts, travelling from one end to the other of a 10-metre pool, in the shortest possible time.  Two or three boats race each other in the pool at the same time to determine a winner.

Your design challenge is to follow the design process to investigate, generate, plan, produce and evaluate a competitive model solar boat and an informational poster.

The class winners will compete in the Victorian Solar Vehicle Challenge.