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The EnergyWhiz Olympics is all about clean energy and creative kids. Each year, on the first Saturday in May, hundreds of students converge at the Florida Solar Energy Center in Cocoa, Florida to participate in renewable energy themed events. Take a look at our Energy Whiz video and see for yourself.

For more detailed information about this year's event, take a look at the EnergyWhiz Olympics Brochure (Adobe PDF, 9.08MB PDF does not render properly in Firefox 19.0). Or if you would like to sign up as a volunteer go to http://www.fsec.ucf.edu/go/ewvolunteer.

 

Created by the Florida Solar Energy Center in 1999, the Energy Whiz Olympics is a forum for students to demonstrated their science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) knowledge and skills as they relate to such energy topics as solar thermal, photovoltaics (PV) and hydrogen technology. Competitions associated with the EnergyWhiz Olympics include: B.A.T. Mobile Challenge, Energy Innovations, Hydrogen Challenge, Junior Solar Sprint, and the Bright House Solar Energy Cook-off.

 

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Watch video clip of EnergyWhiz Olympic

 

 

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Junior Solar Sprint Middle school students, in grades 4 - 8 are invited to design, build and race Junior Solar Sprint (JSS) cars. The small model cars—powered entirely by solar energy and steered by wires—are built as team efforts under the guidance of a teacher or mentor.

B.A.T. Mobile Challenge A middle school competition that tests the creative engineering skills of students as they gain hands-on experience in the automotive design process. This competition is the second part of the SCSEA Science Bowl for Middle School Students.

Hydrogen Challenge A competition that was developed to provide opportunities for students to explore hydrogen power through a hands-on engineering component. The students in grade 6-12 show understanding of hydrogen through a creative "timing" apparatus built with several 'Rube Goldberg' type steps.

Energy Innovations Energy Innovations is a real world design competition using full-scale solar electric (Photovoltaic) panels. Middle and high school students explore engineering and the growing technology of photovoltaics through this design and marketing challenge.

Solar Energy Cook-off The Solar Energy Cook-off is a solar cooker competition for students in grades 4 - 12. The teams demonstrate the performance of their solar heating devices, that they have designed and built by cooking an original dish of food created for the competition. Each solar cooker and recipe is judged by a panel of experts.