BLOODHOUND: Jaguar Primary School Challenge

By Staff Writer, SAASTA

Race Day in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape. Teams were racing the models they designed using 2D CAD software, competing for the best time to qualify for the final race.

Race Day in Port Elizabeth.

Sci-Bono Discovery Centre Race Day. The top three teams representing their respective schools from Gauteng (Wmak (3), Snowblasters (2) and Fast Forward (1)) who qualified for the final race in March 2017.

Sci-Bono Discovery Centre during transport week. Peter Wood (Bloodhound Ambassador) giving a presentation to learners from various schools about the Bloodhound supersonic car and what the Bloodhound Project aims to achieve. October is regarded as Transport Month in South Africa, and the last week of October is celebrated as Transport Week. During this period, annually various organisations in the transport industry have programmes to celebrate, share ideas, and inform the public about the transport infrastructure of the country.

Numerous Jaguar Primary School Challenge (JPSC) activities are currently under way. The JPSC is an educational programme implemented by SAASTA in collaboration with the Bloodhound Education programme. It challenges primary school learners to build a race car for a “Race Day”.

The JPSC is currently running at four provinces: Gauteng, Western Cape, KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape. The 2016 challenges took place as follows:

1. Gauteng race day: Sci-Bono Science Centre on 4 October.

2. Western Cape: Cape Town Science Centre on 7 October.

3. KwaZulu-Natal race day: KZN Science Centre on 13 October.

4. Eastern Cape (Port Elizabeth): 21 October.

5. Gauteng finals: Sci-Bono Science Centre on 25 October.

The Bloodhound team also presented at Sci-Bono during the Sci-Bono transport week, which took place from 24 to 28 October.

Background

The Bloodhound Project centres on Bloodhound SSC, a supersonic car that is designed not only to go faster than the speed of sound (supersonic), but to over 1 600 km/h. In July 2016, it was reported that Andy Green will attempt to break his own World Land Speed Record with Bloodhound in October 2017. The Bloodhound Project is first and foremost an education project designed to inspire future generations to take up careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics by showcasing these subjects in the most exciting way possible. The education programme covers all phases (ages) of education from primary through to secondary and further education, plus Bloodhound@University.

BLOODHOUND: Jaguar Primary School Challenge

Numerous Jaguar Primary School Challenge (JPSC) activities are currently under way. The JPSC is an educational programme implemented by SAASTA in collaboration with the Bloodhound Education programme. It challenges primary school learners to build a race car for a “Race Day”.

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