More than 700 students from 43 Southern California high school teams will culminate six months of work this weekend at a three-day racing competition at Metropolitan's Lake Skinner in the Temecula Valley. Solar Cup is a Metropolitan education program that teaches students how to apply math, science and engineering lessons learned in the classroom to the real world challenge of building the fastest solar-powered boat possible.

The competition takes place this weekend from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and is open to the public. In the 15 years since Solar Cup began with eight teams and 80 students, it has grown into the nation's largest solar-powered boat competition. Along the way, more than 10,000 young men and women have participated in Solar Cup competitions, where they’ve learned about water resource management, alternative energy development and sustainability and been inspired to pursue careers in math, physics, engineering and environmental science. Learn more and watch a video recapping last year's event.

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