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Solar Cup 2021
• Julie Miller Kalbacher ~ Solar Cup Coordinator
• Metropolitan Water District
• Joseph Chavez
• Metropolitan Water District
• Royetta Perry
Solar Cup • Metropolitan Water District
Project Team • Chuck Oravec ~ Technical Support
• Occidental College
• Giselle Serafin
• SEI
Water Wholesaler
26 Members Agencies
5,200 square miles
21 million people
$1 trillion regional economy
4 million acre-foot average
water demand
Kit Challenges
• Robotics
• Electronics
Solar Cup
• Solar Vehicle
2021 Non-Kit Challenges
• 3D Cad
Overview • Video Game
• PSM’s
• Career Webinar
Solar Cup 2021 Overview
• Solar Cup 2021 will be team event
• Students can work on any Challenge that interests them
• Will score all work submitted & award team highest score earned by their student
• 10 Challenges
• The 11th Challenge is an additional Challenge, it is optional
• Challenges have some optional activities
• Optional item points will be kept separate.
• Two divisions ~ Schools select which division at beginning of program
• Greater Time Commitment
• Gain more content mastery
• Lesser Time Commitment
• More of a surface level mastery
Solar Cup 2021 Tech Challenges Introduction
• Six technical challenges developed by Occidental
College Students, edited by MWD
• Every challenge will be scored separately
Technical • Our Focus:
• Hands on learning
Challenges • Game development
• STEAM skills
• Career and resume building
• Blender / Onshape – 3D Game Building
• Unreal Engine – Game playing and
building ~ Optional Challenge
Six • Robotics – Building and programming
• Basics of Electronics – Unpacking kit,
Technical learning how things work
Challenges • Solar Panel – Measurements and
graphing
• Electric Circuits – Experimentation with
kit
Challenge 1: Blender / Onshape
• Build a computer game
with an easy to learn game
engine
• Blender has the largest
user community of 3D
graphics amateurs and
professionals
• Large number of tutorials
available
• All skills learned will
translate to any other 3D
software
• Career Building skills
Challenge 1: Onshape • Onshape is an
industry standard
3D CAD program
• Browser based
• Runs on low
power PC’s
• Runs on a
Chromebook
• Career building skills• Our optional Technical Challenge, this
software is not available to students using
Chromebooks
Unreal • Build a computer game using a world class
Engine game engine
• Real world job skills
• Works hand in hand with Blender to
create game assetsRobotics Challenge • Build a working robot from a kit • For those with robotics experience, can create own robot, will work with teams on deadline and scoring for this approach • Our kit is great robot for someone with limited/no programming experience • Program to run specific courses • Program to spell out letters
Basics of Electronics
Challenge
• Students sign up for kits that will be
mailed to their homes or school
• Each team will have limited
number of kits they can receive
• 200 total kits will be ordered
• First Electronic Challenge will cover
electronics fundamentalsSolar Panel Challenge • Build and measure a solar panel circuit from a kit • Hands-on kit • Each team will have limited spots to sign up for kits
Circuits Challenge
• Third of the Electronics Challenge
• There will be an online tutorial
video for the Electronics
Challenges as well.
• Students will learn to build and
measure electronics circuits from
parts in their kit• Even with just a minimum time
commitment the students will
learn valuable hands-on skills
Technical • They get to keep the solar panel
Challenges and electronics components
Outcomes • The school gets to keep the robot
for future useTechnical Challenges Time
Commitment
Vary in time commitment:
• Minimum – 1-2 hours
• Greater – Average 3-4 hours
• Blender game challenge – 12 hoursSolar Cup 2.0 Other Challenges Introduction
SEI: Building Leaders for a
Resilient World is
partnering with So Cal
Edison on creating content
for Solar Cup 2021
SEI • Will be hosting a career
Challenges webinar that connects to a
Challenge on careers
• Creating a PSM Challenge
• Assisting us with the
electronic vehicle
ChallengeThere will be two PSM
Challenges
Public Service
• One will focus on water issues
Message • One will focus on larger
(PSM) environmental topic
Challenges We will partner with SEI
on one of the PSM topicsSolar Vehicle We will use the Solar Vehicles that were built
Virtual for the SEI Vehicle Challenge to create a timed
Racing event
Challenge
• Schools will be given course length to set up
• MWD will provide zoom appointments to time
vehicles
• Bring some racing to Solar Cup 2021Solar Cup 2021 Program Details
Challenges will begin on Thursday, February 4 ~
Program will conclude in early May
• Blender / Onshape Challenge ~Feb 4 launch
• Unreal Engine ~ The Optional Challenge ~
launch in early March
• Robotics Challenge—will email sign up soon ~
late February release
Solar Cup 2021 • Career Webinar—March release
• PSM Challenge 1—March release
Timeline • Electronics Challenges (3)—Mid April- may
change with spring break vote
• Solar Vehicle—Mail out kit mid April
• PSM Challenge 2 ~ mid April release
• Will race the Solar Vehicles virtually ~ late
April appointments
• Virtual Closing Ceremony ~Early May- exact
date to be determinedMWD Solar Cup Webpage
• Challenges will be posted on the
MWD Solar Cup webpage
• www.mwdh2o.com/solarcup
• New Challenges: Teachers will be
notified via email
• Deadlines: Challenges will have
due date listed on them
• Fine line between
procrastination and life
interfering with deadlines
• Contact Julie with deadline
concernsSolar Cup 2021 Details
Each Challenge will have points attached to
various activities
• We will evaluate all the work turned in
• Award team the highest points earned from their
students
We will have some items that are extra points
Solar Cup • Social Media or “Document It” is optional
Scoring • Unreal Game Engine is optional
• These will be evaluated and kept separate from
overall scores
• Students will be able to earn awards for these
categories
Teams will earn awards for the work they do in
their divisionSolar Cup 2021 Celebration
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