Eden Education:
Solar-Powered Cars

Grade level: 6-8
Curriculum areas: Science
Materials: Solar car kits; Additional materials to improve their solar cars – corrugated plastic, foam, wood, cardboard, scissors, glue, race track with halogen lights, craft knives, rulers, pencils, pliers, glue, wire strippers, Halogen torches for testing, multimeters or voltmeters to measure output, solar circuits and solar toys "

Using the Solar Car kits provided, students use engineering and design principles to construct and test a fully solar powered model car. Students construct and test their solar car designed to function and race against their classmates at the end of the project.