Last Thursday night Troop Athena, an all-girls team competing in the international F1 in Schools program, held a Sponsor’s Evening and showcased their car in action.
From left to right Ella Tobin, Arabelle Edwads, Wynter Dallas, Johanna Tam and Kitty Wilson – Troop Athena.
Troop Athena have been working hard over the past few months refining their car design and preparing the finished article and the Sponsor’s Evening was the opportunity to showcase their achievements so far.
After the formal presentations were finished it was time to put their design to the test and the result was a win for Troop Athena!
@TroopAthena in action! @F1inSchoolsHQ. Thanks to Sarah from @driveagainstdep for capturing this video for us ❤️ pic.twitter.com/SmUqRC5Pwi
— DrivenWomenMagazine (@DrivenWomenMag) August 25, 2018
Winner!
I would like to sincerely thank Sarah from Drive Against Depression for representing Driven Women Magazine at the Sponsor’s Evening. It was the end of a long week for Sarah, after another great event held on the Sunday before that saw more than 60 cars participate in their Winter Charity Drive.
Sarah was really impressed by Troop Athena and said that we were supporting a “fabulous initiative”.
The team’s name, Troop Athena, comes from the Greek Goddess Athena. Athena was the Goddess of Wisdom, Courage, Inspiration, Mathematics and Strategy. Their logo is the owl and this was Athena’s sacred animal and the colours of their logo, grey and blue, represent stability and integrity respectively.
The F1 in Schools STEM Challenge was established in 2003 and is much more than cars. Although the idea of being involved in car design has proved to be a powerful means of attracting even the most uninitiated students to discovering more about STEM. The Re-Engineering Australia Foundation (REA) manages the project in Australia and is it funded under the Department of Defence’s Schools Pathways Programme.
No ‘Thank You’ Troop Athena for flying the flag of Girls in STEM!
Each year more than 17,000 schools in 44 nations take on the challenge of developing the world’s fastest miniature F1 car. Here in Australia approximately 22,000 students are involved each year with over ten times that being exposed to the program and having access to the same classroom technology used by the students to design and build their cars.
The F1 in Schools program also aims to develop skills in problem solving, project management, communication, presentation, teamwork, innovation, self-promotion, collaboration, marketing and entrepreneurialism – which are clearly identified as aiding in the transition through high school.
Video and Photographs by Sarah from Drive Against Depression.