Students from Mary MacKillop Catholic College Wakeley and Patrician Brothers’ College Fairfield have been very busy over the past month working on their solar car projects and mentoring students from the surrounding Catholic primary schools to develop their own solar cars.

All that is required is enthusiastic primary school students of which there is no shortage, mentor students from the secondary schools and a bright sunny day. Students have built a model solar car with mini motors, ignitions and a solar panel for energy source. Cars were tested down a short track, then students were encouraged to modify and improve the finer details of their cars to gain a fraction of a second in speed and improve the performance of their car.

The visits took place each Thursday after lunch and proved to be a highlight for students in the STEM group as many returned to their former primary school to show off how much they have learnt and help the younger students.

Mrs Ryan, Coordinator of Learning – Technological and Applied Studies