Creating the most efficient and smooth-running balloon-powered vehicle will be the task for hundreds of fifth grade students on Thursday, Nov. 15 in Atlanta.

Sponsored by Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia (KMMG), the event invites 500 students to the Georgia International Convention Center, Hall D, to participate in SAE International’s A World In Motion (AWIM) JetToy Competition.

Working in design teams, students will culminate their classroom experience by building and testing model JetToy cars that they have analyzed for weeks. The JetToy Event is a friendly competition in which students build their best vehicles and engage in distance, accuracy and timed events.

What: SAE International’s A World In Motion JetToy Competition Sponsored by KMMG
Where: Georgia International Convention Center - Hall D
2000 Convention Center Concourse
Atlanta, GA 30337

When: Thursday, November 15, 2018
9 a.m. EST – Competitions begin at 11 a.m.

Fifth grade students from the following areas will participate:

• Carroll County, GA

• Troup County, GA

• Harris County, GA

• Meriwether County, GA

• Lanett, AL

• Chambers County, AL

AWIM is a teacher-administered, industry volunteer-assisted program that brings science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education to life in the classroom for students in Kindergarten through Grade 8. Benchmarked to the national standards, the AWIM program incorporates integrated STEM learning experiences through hands-on activities that reinforce classroom STEM learning.