Georgia Schools, Teams To Set New Bar for Georgia Gravity Games

From The City of Douglasville: This Saturday, November 3, Google, Georgia Tech and the City of Douglasville will welcome more than 60 teams made up of students from more than 30 schools across the state for the 5th annual Georgia Gravity Games competition in downtown Douglasville. This year’s Games will be the largest in the event’s 5-year history.

Gravity Games is a gravity-only car race competition, providing students an experiential learning opportunity involving STEM subjects. Registered teams have engineered and built their own cars for the competition. The race categories include stock, super stock, scottie stock, engineered and a newly-created autonomous (self-driving/driverless) division.

The event is free and open to the public. Google, Georgia Tech and the City of Douglasville are expecting well over 2,000 visitors.

In addition to watching the races, there will be a number of food vendors, including Bojangles, Chick-fil-A, Marco’s Pizza, On the Roll Maine Lobster, Kona Ice and MokiPops.

The event will also feature Science Street, a free exhibit with hands-on activities and presentations from area organizations, including the University of Georgia, Georgia Tech, Children's Museum of Atlanta, Severe Storms Research Center, Kids Drone Zone, Georgia Power and more.

Limited edition 2018 Georgia Gravity Games T-shirts will also be available for sale. All proceeds will go to the Douglas County Public Education Trust (PET) and will help sponsor teams in future Games that do not have the resources to build a car.

WHAT:

Georgia Gravity Games, a gravity-only car race competition

Science Street, a free STEM exhibit with hands-on activities

WHO:

30+ Georgia schools

60+ racing teams

Representatives from Google, Georgia Tech and the City of Douglasville

WHEN:

Saturday, November 3, 2018

Registrants will begin arriving at 7:30 a.m.

Races will begin at 9 a.m. following remarks.

The award ceremony is tentatively scheduled for 2 p.m.

WHERE:

Downtown Douglasville, Georgia

Church Street

PRESS INTERVIEWS:

Lilyn Hester, Head of Public Affairs, Southeast, Google

Representative from the City of Douglasville

Students and teachers from racing teams

More information available at www.gagravitygames.com.

Photos for use (2017 Gravity Games): https://photos.app.goo.gl/l0RvZYhHQsCBtNd93

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