ShopGirls Shine in Eco-Marathon

Autor/in	Stowell, Shante
Titel	ShopGirls Shine in Eco-Marathon
Quelle	In: Tech Directions, 71 (2011) 1, S.13-14 (2 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1062-9351
Schlagwörter	Fuels; Vocational Education; Females; High School Students; Motor Vehicles; Teamwork; Competition; Washington + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Treibstoff; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Weibliches Geschlecht; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Motor vehicle; Kraftwagen; Wettkampf
Abstract	The ShopGirls of Granite Falls (WA) High School are the first-ever all-female team to successfully design, build, and race a prototype diesel car in the Shell Eco-marathon. The team took first place in the diesel fuel-efficiency category with a vehicle that achieved 470 miles per gallon! The idea for the ShopGirls came when Vervia Gabriel, career and technical education director at Granite Falls High School, asked manufacturing instructor Michael Werner if he had any ideas for a project that could win a Women in Non-Traditional Roles grant from the district's Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction. He proposed an all-female team that would compete in the Shell Eco-marathon, a race for fuel efficiency that involves teams from universities and high schools across the continent. The ShopGirls' project has drawn the attention of industry representatives, educators, politicians, and policy makers--including U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan. Secretary Duncan drew attention to the school's achievement in remarks on technical education that he made in February at the release of a report by the Harvard School of Education Pathways to Prosperity Project. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10