STUDENT ENERGY PROJECTS

MIDDLE SCHOOLERS DESIGN AND BUILD SOLAR CARS 4.23.08

Students in the middle school have been designing small cars to run on solar energy. They are going to be tested at the Energy Expo on May 15th. The goal is to build an energy efficient car that will win the race. So far, student teams have experimented with circuitry, defined key terminology, and sketched blueprints of their cars.

By Timothy M.H.

Though accounting for only 5 percent of the world's population, Americans consume 26 percent of the world's energy.

(American Almanac)

Worldwide, some 2 billion people are currently without electricity.

(U.S. Department of Energy)