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Northville Students' Solar Cars Sprint to Finish
The students designed the mini solar-powered cars from Legos.
Amerman Elementary's fourth grade students demonstrated their design and solar technology savvy at Wednesday's Solar Sprint.
The students worked in teams to create solar-powered mini-cars out of Legos.
>>Watch the video above of the students racing their cars.
The winning team was "Purple Cow," students Jeffrey Zhang and Matthew Pang from Lorri Kingsbury's fourth grade class. Their car crossed the race track in 17.7 seconds. It had a score of 45.3 for efficiency, which was determined by dividing the car's weight by its race time.
The Solar Sprint was a part of Amerman Elementary's Solar celebrations, including a ceremony for the school's new solar panels.
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