Kohala High Electric Car Team 2002

Recipe for Roping in the Win

Department of Education’s Standards Driven Integrated project

• Project that Kohala has been involved in since first year

• Invitation to participate

• Submission of letter of intent

• Acceptance

Key ingredients to Get in advance

• One maniacal teacher who is willing to be Lead Teacher ….

Translated: person willing to handle headaches, gripes, excuses, find funding, answer to higher ups, lose sleep, handle the heat, be the bad Babe In Total Control of Herself! Knead and rolling pin the potential from students, massage mentors & principals and other helpful folks

Collect and blend Team members• Pour in 2 returning seniors

and one Junior who REALLY want to do Electric car again.

• Add 2 more seniors returning (remove their doubts)

• Stir in 2 senior gals who watched the project last year; keep their covering of curiosity

• Stir in 1 new senior for flavor

Pre-heat

• Take students to important informational meeting

• Split the kuleana

Prepare• Parents and participants meeting

Double dose of deadlines

• Forms due February 2nd

• Documentation due March 1st

Add the next ingredient (lots needed)

• Spoonfuls of support

Fabrication

Car Testing

Send & get the car to Oahu! Whew !

Put a flame on it!

There’s more to this recipe than meets the eye…… …

If you can gather good folks, good fun and good ideas …

stir them up with enthusiasm

Tenderize the teenitis with straightforward honesty …

model keeping your word…

commit to the overall learning and integration

Put in Kokua to taste

Equal portions of parent involvement

Put all these ingredients into a partially baked shell

Simmer for a month . . . .

Remember to stir, stir , stir

BEST of ShowShow 2002