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I took a class this weekend on how to make a solar car for the Junior Solar Sprint! It is basically the new soapbox derby race and teams of students work together to make solar cars and then race them against each other.  I’m a teacher for the project, so I got to spend a day trying out the ideas, concepts and exacto knives!  This is what I came up with with my partner.

These are the gears and motor.  I learned about gear ratios.  I learned that I dont’ know how they work.  But I will!