This booklet shows how teachers at Ingraham High School and Madison Middle School in Seattle (Washington) challenged their students to tackle demanding technical projects. It also shows how well the students responded to that challenge. The booklet begins with the background of the project, the framework for which would be a university-sponsored statewide competition for remote controlled model solar cars. The two reports that follow are examples of student work and were written by the Ingraham High School Solar Vehicles teams. The first report covers the following: a brief history, fund raising and budgeting, design and engineering, vehicle component development and selection, design and engineering execution techniques, overview of the solar team's duties, vehicle operations procedures, and miscellaneous considerations. The second report describes procedures, evaluation of the hill, rolling friction test, speed test, data analysis, and results. A description of the middle school solar powered boat competition follows. Background information and statistics on Seattle Public Schools conclude the booklet. (YLB)