Mini EV Challenge
Mini EV Challenge
The Hunter Mini EV challenge is a fun and exciting challenge for the students in the Hunter. In the EV Challenge, the students must build a miniature solar-powered car and/or boat. The students have 9 weeks to build a fully functional solar-powered car. On the race day, which is held at Tighes hill Tafe, the first races that the students compete in is the straight track races. When a student loses, they can compete in the second-chance track race, and then you have a chance into the main race. Once there are three teams left, three of the winners compete from the second-chance race to compete against each other for 4th place. This year, 3 teams from St Kevins made it through all six rounds and took 1st 2nd and 3rd place, in the primary division Straight Track. Various High Schools also participate in High School races. There were 6 rounds all together not including the second chance races. In between the races there are interesting things to do like using a hand crank to generate power. We also competed in Pursuit. This race is a “roundish” track. 2 cars compete against each other on one track. The cars are positioned on opposite sides of the track and when the starter calls go they try to catch each other. The first car to do this is the winner. All but 1 of our teams made it through to round 2 and the same for round 3, wherein there are only 25% of the teams are left. Our best result in this event was 6th place.
Over 100 teams competed on the day.
Straight track
1st place : Evie, Ella and Essie (Year 4)
2nd place: Joseph Z, Aria, Esan and Brighton (Year 4)
3rd place: Callan (5) and Lukas (6)
Pursuit
6th place: Callan (5) and Lukas (6)
Greaky Gremlins Ev Challenge
We did not go that well, but it was still fun because of the activities! Even though we didn’t win it felt to me we still did because of the adventure of making the car , it was all trial and error . Greaky Gremlins forever!!! .IT WAS FUN! Henry
We were a bit unlucky we were told to change our car around and that caused it to not work on the straight track. When we went to the circle track we thought we were good but they changed it back around we were cooked but thanks to Joeseph Zillioto for fixing our car we were not so cooked but we unfortunately only made it to Round 2. But other than that it was pretty fun. Noah
At the Ev challenge their was about 4 science stalls and 1 of the stalls it gave you 1 serve of mini M&M’s. in the pursuit track my team made it to the second round by default because we moved a quarter of the track while the other car barely moved. Alistair
Kind Regards,
The Greaky Gremlins