Outreach and Educational Events

Have questions or interested in volunteering for one of the events below?
Contact our Outreach Committee Chair.

Girl Scout Junior Mechanical Engineering Badge - Balloon Car Design Challenge


Date :	Tuesday, November 12, 2019
Time :	5:15 pm - 8:00 pm
Location :	Esmond Station K-8 School, 9400 South Atterbury Wash Way, Tucson, AZ 85747
Cost for Members :	FREE! Volunteers Needed!
Cost for Non-Members :	FREE! Volunteers Needed!
Link :
Contact :	President-Elect

Volunteers needed to provide Junior Mechanical Engineering Badge Event for Vail Girl Scouts Service Unit. Set up will be from 5:15p - 5:45p. Girls will arrive from 5:45p - 6:00p. Badge event is from 6:00p - 7:30p. Clean up is from 7:30p - 8:00p. We need a minimum of 3 engineers (maximum 6 engineers) to execute the badge activities as we may have cadette and senior girl scouts from troop 369 available to help. There will be a telecon prior to the event to walk through the activities for the evening. We will be conducting the Balloon Car Design Challenge that consists of the following steps:

Learn about potential and kinetic energy
Design and build a balloon car
Test your balloon-powered car
Analyze and share your results
Brainstorm ways to improve your design

SARSEF Racing The Sun


Link :	https://sarsef.org/programs/racing-sun/
Contact :	Contact Outreach Committee

Racing the Sun is a new SARSEF STEM program that challenges high school students to design, build and race solar powered go-karts. The program and competition is open to all high school level students in Arizona. There are a variety of awards such as top speed, most efficient, longest lasting, presentation and others.

Beginning now and throughout the school year there are a series of events that SARSEF will organize including a mandatory project introduction workshop, Career day field trips, student led verbal presentations, test track day and then the final race day. Most of these are scheduled in Tucson but some can be in Phoenix or on a web conference.

What does SARSEF need from us?

SARSEF is looking for mentors that have knowledge of design, mechanics, electrical, photovoltaics, general solar, software, general racing knowledge and even project management. Mentors will need to be familiar with the rules and be able to attend the key events such as test day (March 28, 2020) and race day (April 25, 2020).

SARSEF is looking for volunteers: Judges, career day sponsor, race day or other event set up help.

SARSEF is looking for sponsors. There are several levels of sponsorship available for interested individuals or organizations. You can also sponsor a particular team.

If you are interested in being a mentor or volunteering on behalf of SWE and would like more information, please contact Lourie Goodall, SWE Tucson Outreach Chairman.

SARSEF is still working on a website to register as a mentor or a volunteer. However, you can contact SARSEF using this form on our website. Your message will be sent directly to SARSEF.

More information on Racing the Sun, including the schedule of events and the rule book, can be found at the SARSEF website: https://sarsef.org/programs/racing-sun/

This page was last updated on September 29, 2019

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