Year 8 Engineering

Our Year 8 Technology students have been hard at work designing and building CO2 dragsters, combining creativity with scientific principles. This hands-on project allowed students to explore concepts such as friction, mass, energy, aerodynamics, and thrust, applying these ideas to develop high-performance designs.

Students completed detailed engineering reports, documenting their design process, analysing performance, and justifying their choices. These reports included thorough research, time management, sketches, and evaluations of how each factor influenced their car's speed and efficiency.

The project not only enhanced their technical skills but also encouraged innovation and deep class discussions, culminating in an exciting race day to test their creations! Have a look at some of the awesome C02 car photos and short video attached of the final car race!

Student reflections below:

Building my co2 dragster car was a fun and challenging experience. It was a challenging but rewarding project. This project was based on showing our understanding of aerodynamics and how we could make the fastest and most aesthetically pleasing car. During the process, there were many lessons of sanding, filing and shaping our car in order to make it the perfect shape. I really enjoyed designing and building the CO2 car and it was also interesting to see how just small adjustments of the shape can make such a huge impact on the car. Overall I would do this project again and I really enjoyed it.

• Kiara Guglani

Designing the CO2 dragster was a fun project. I got to express my skills and creativity throughout the course,It also taught me alot about engineering, And using appropriate tools. This was a really fun experience overall.

• Ishaan Dhanwal

Ms Catalina Valdivia

Technology Teacher