UK schoolkids to build and race rocket-powered cars

A new competition is combining two projects that are already capturing the imaginations of kids across the UK.Race for the Line challenges schoolchildren to emulate the Bloodhound team by developing and racing their own rocket-powered cars, using the new BBC micro:bit to capture performance data.

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Category: Good Thinking

Tags:

• Education
• School
• Rocket
• Competition
• Racing
• Bloodhound SSC

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