Paris

Emeri & Phoenix

Junior Solar Sprint, Green Division (4-6)

Hello! We are from Cornerstone Learning Community in Tallahassee, Florida. Our group is: Phoenix B, and Emeri W

Phoenix B., 6th grade does the constructive and graphic arts

Emeri W., 6th grade does the visual arts and mechanical engineering

Both of us do logic and creative mechanical designing

Emeri, (left) and Phoenix, (right).

Inspirations & Info

Our car Paris’s name originated with our friend Simon. He was originally our teammate until he sadly left the school. Since Simon is French and he always talked about moving to Paris when he got older, we thought in honor of him we should name the car Paris. We chose the design of the car because we really liked the design sports cars and race cars. We also thought that since the Junior Solar Sprint was a competition of speed, the design fit the setting.

Sports Car

A sports car. We wanted to incorporate a speed stripe, to represent its speed, and we also added an infinity sign in the center, we wanted it to represents that our car can go forever.

Paris

Part of the insperation for our car.

Materials

1 battery pack
1 motor
1 poster-board base
1 solar panel
2 gears
2 plastic notebook spiral parts (To keep the car on the fishing line.)
2 styrofoam pieces
2 1/2 rubber bands (For the wheels and for the seatbelt of our passenger seat.)
4 wheels
Half of a plastic easter egg (For passenger seat.)
Paint

Design Log

Here is our design log that dates from early December to mid February.

Date	Time Spent	Activities
December 2, 2022	1 hour	WE SKETCHED THE PLAN FOR OUR CAR AND FIGURED OUT THE MATERIALS THAT WERE NECESSARY.
December 16, 2022	1 hour	WE WORKED ON THE SKETCH A LITTLE BIT MORE, CHOSE THE MATERIAL CHASSIS, AND STARTED DISCUSSING WICH WHEELS WE WOULD USE.
January 6, 2023	1 hour	SINCE WE WERE SLACKING ON SOME TEAM MEMBERS WE STILL WERE DISCUSSING THE DESIGN OF THE CAR.
January 13, 2023	1 hour	WE FINALIZED THE LOOK OF THE CAR AND STARTED WORKING ON THE STRUCTURE OF THE CAR. WE FOUND THE WHEELS, WE ADDED A PASSENGER SEAT, AND SUPPORT FOR THE SOLAR PANEL.
January 20, 2023	1 hour	WE GLUED THE MOTOR AND DID A TEST RUN. WE FILED THE AXEL AND ADJUSTED THE WHEELS.
January 27, 2023	1 hour	WE HAD NO CLASS ON THIS DAY.
February 3, 2023	1 hour	WE DID A TEST RUN ON OUR CAR AND WE ADJUST THE HOLDER FOR THE FISHING LINE.
February 10, 2023	1 hour	WE FIXED OUR PASSENGER SEAT, AND WE GLUED THE BATTERY PACK.