Year 8 Engineering

8TASG finished off the year strong by racing their dragster cars that they created in the workshop this term for their Engineering unit. Students spent some time in class during their theory lessons researching and designing their cars, specifically looking at concepts such as aerodynamics, friction and drag in order to design the fastest car! Students used various tools in the workshop to create the body of the car using balsa wood, and drilled holes into the body of the car to add the wheels, axles and eyelets. Students then got creative and painted their own designs on the dragsters before race day. 

Race day began in the hall where Mr Robson set up the race tracks, who skilfully got everything up and running after a couple of misfires. Every student had the opportunity to race their dragster car, and we had a final tournament to determine the fastest dragster car in 8TASG. Moses Leveni came in first place with an impressive racing  time of 1.003 seconds, with Sean Huesna coming in at a very close second place with a final time of 1.09 seconds. 

We are so proud of our students for all their hard work in TAS this term! It’s looking like we have some future F1 race car engineers in the making. 

Olivia Tan
Religious Education Teacher