Senior Solar Sprint
Description
The Senior Solar Sprint (SSS) competition is funded by the Army Educational Outreach Program (AEOP) and managed by TSA. Students apply scientific understanding, creativity, experimentation, and teamwork to design, build, and race a model solar vehicle that carries a payload; documentation of the process is required. Students must register on Cvent to participate and begin the SSS journey.
2023-24 Payload
2 ping pong balls
Davis HS, 2023 1st Place
Event Deadlines
January 11, 2024
Students will submit a pdf file which includes the following:
Sketches of car design
Design drawings
List of materials and costs
March 2024
Students will submit portfolio, sign up for a time trial slot, and set up display and car for judging.
TIME TRIALS
All cars MUST be able to connect to the guide wire without disconnecting the wire! Otherwise they do not run!
All cars MUST have handmade connection devices.
All cars MUST be able to carry payload.
All cars will run twice for time, as long as they can connect to the wire correctly. Both times will be recorded.
Students must come to the start line when their team is called. If they do not, they will be disqualified.
Teams may have one 5 minute "repair time" if necessary between runs.
All cars who have a verified time will move to the semifinal round immediately following prelims
SEMIFINAL ROUND
Semifinal teams will race in a single elimination bracket. All times will be recorded
Fastest time will be used for judging
Teams will be interviewed after elimination
Washington TSA Rules
To compete, students must belong to an affiliated TSA chapter, register for competition by December 15, 2023, and pay the $30 competition fee. Participants must also meet the January 11 event deadlines (see above) to “qualify” for the Washington TSA State Conference in March.
To compete at the WTSA State Conference, students must have been registered in December, met the Jan. 11 deadline, and then register in February for the State Conference ($420/$500 per student package price (4 or 2 students per room)).
At the state level, 3 teams per chapter may compete.
Additional Information
Event Coordinator: Kristen Schlegel, Kristen.Schlegel@bellinghamschools.org
Event Manager: Kari Potter, kpotter@washingtontsa.org