Junior Solar Sprint model car competition registration due Jan. 10

Delaware students in fifth through eighth grades are invited to build and race solar-powered model cars in a statewide challenge of creativity, engineering and speed in the 2020 Junior Solar Sprint state competition, co-sponsored by DNREC’s Division of Climate, Coastal and Energy, and the Delaware Technology Student Association. 

The event will take place Thursday April 2, at Delaware Tech in Dover as part of the National Junior Solar Sprint Competition sponsored by the U.S. Army educational outreach program.

Public, private and parochial school students, and homeschooled children in fifth through eighth grade across the state may register up to two teams of two to four students each. Registration is free, and the division will provide each participating school with two starter kits, each including a solar panel, motor and wheels.

Interested educators should submit a completed registration form by Friday, Jan. 10, by emailing JamesW.Lee@delaware.gov or by mailing DNREC Division of Climate, Coastal & Energy, State Street Commons, 100 West Water St., Suite 5A, Dover, DE 19904.

For guidelines and a registration form, go to www.detsa.org. Schools are not required to have a TSA chapter in order to participate. For more information, email JamesW.Lee@delaware.gov or call 302-735-3480.