Dunbeath and Lybster pupils take prize with battery-operated car
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Primary seven pupils from Dunbeath and Lybster have won a prize after building a battery-operated car and racing it against teams of other schoolchildren in their age group from across Scotland.
They took part in an event at the Grampian Transport Museum in Alford, Aberdeenshire, run by the Greenpower Education Trust – a charity that aims to get young people enthusiastic about science and engineering by challenging them to design, build and race an electric vehicle.
The Dunbeath and Lybster group – Joey Newman, Elsie MacAuslan, Mhairi Kirk, Jack Mowat, Declan MacDonald, Charlotte Simmonds and Will Fryer – received the Spirit of Greenpower award for teamwork and for going the “extra mile” by travelling so far, as well as for teaming up two smaller schools.
A kit, complete with instructions, allows teams to build a car to compete in the IET Formula Goblin project for pupils in the 9-11 age category. It introduces them to basic mechanics and electrics, and when the car is complete they can use it at one of many Greenpower events held between March and October around the UK.
The Dunbeath and Lybster pupils called their vehicle Choccy Milk and gave it the registration plate M1LK.
Laura Murray, P6/7 class teacher at Lybster, said: “It was a fantastic experience for the children to make connections across our cluster schools. They learnt lots of different skills such as taking apart and building the car then driving it.
"We had an amazing adventure to Alford and enjoyed the lovely sunshine.”
