Creating the most efficient and smooth-running balloon-powered vehicle will be the task for hundreds of fifth grade students on Thursday, Nov. 2 in Atlanta.

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

Where:     Georgia International Convention Center - Hall D
2000 Convention Center Concourse
Atlanta, GA 30337

When:             Thursday, November 2, 2017
9 a.m. EST – Competitions begin at 11 a.m.

Fifth grade students from the following areas will participate:

•     Troup County, GA

•     Lanett, AL

•     Harris County, GA

•     Meriwether County, GA

•     Chambers County, AL

•     Pickens County, SC