Huntsville City Schools Greenpower Drew Sparks Greenpower Lead

Huntsville City Schools Greenpower Drew Sparks Greenpower Lead Teacher December 15, 2016

Greenpower. USA’s Objective To advance education in the subjects of sustainable engineering and technology to young people. Greenpower runs engineering challenges for schools based around designing and building a single seat electric powered race car. • Mission Statement of Greenpower. USA • To promote and to enhance the delivery of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)-based education through a design-build-race competition of student-driven electric cars. 2

New Teams to the District The Columbia, Grissom and Jemison feeder patterns have the Greenpower program implemented in 21 of the 22 schools Goblin Program (5 th Grade) • • Weatherly Elementary Rolling Hills P-6 Lakewood P-6 Dawson P-6 Williams P-5 Providence P-5 Morris P-5 Ridgecrest P-5 F 24 Program (Middle/High) • • New Century Williams Middle Westlawn Middle Hampton Cove Middle Huntsville High Whitesburg P-8 (2 nd Team) Challenger Middle (2 nd Team) 3

International Finals – England 13 students from Jemison and Grissom High School competed with 75 teams from across the globe in the Greenpower International Finals • We qualified in 4 th position at the NCAT facility in Auburn, AL • Students were trained by ETV to record race footage, conduct interviews and construct informational videos. • We competed with two cars for the first time this year • Kit Car – Genesis • This car was built by the students in 6 weeks. • We placed 8 th overall in the Kit Car Finals against 36 teams • We also competed in the F 24+/Corporate Challenge division to collect valuable information for future events • Custom Car – Ares • We placed 21 st out of 75 teams in the F 24 International Finals • We competed in two different heats and overcame electrical issues that caused our car to not function properly 4

Jemison Classic International Greenpower Race Several organizations helped make this event a wonderful opportunity for our students in Huntsville City Schools 5

Jemison Classic International Greenpower Race 40 teams competed in the first International race in the United States. • Students from China worked with HCS 5 th Graders at Morris and Mt. Gap to build a Goblin racecar • Students from Scotland toured the Advanced Manufacturing Labs at Jemison and Grissom High School • Middle and High School teams gave presentations to representatives from IUPUI and were scored based on a standard rubric • Goblin events consisted of three events: • Drag Race • Slalom Race • Circuit Race • F 24 events consisted of two events: • Middle School Race • High School Race 6

Jemison Classic International Greenpower Race Several HCS teams were presented with numerous awards Goblin Games Awards • Dawson Elementary 2 nd – Place Drag Race – 1 st Place Circuit Race – 2 nd Place Overall • Challenger Elementary – 3 rd Place Slalom Race – 2 nd Place Circuit Race – 3 rd Place Overall • Ridgecrest Elementary – Spirit Award • Mt. Gap P-8 – Best Design Award F 24 Awards • Whitesburg P-8 – 3 rd Place Endurance Race • Mt. Gap P-8 – 2 nd Place Overall – Perfect Score on Presentation • Challenger Middle – 3 rd Place Overall • Team USA – – 1 st Place Endurance Race 1 st Place Overall Fastest Lap in Race Perfect Score on Presentation • Huntsville High School – 3 rd Place Overall – Fastest Qualifying Lap – Best Newcomer 7