Barge Building
2 students - 20 minutes |
Each team will construct a barge of aluminum foil that can support a cargo. They will predict the amount of cargo the barge will hold and will load cargo until the barge takes on water. |
Bottle Music
3 students - 20 minutes |
Each team will tune a set of bottles by filling them to different levels with water and use them to play two different tunes |
Can Racer
2 students - 20 minutes |
Each team will construct one single-can racer (before coming to the tournament), which will be raced against the clock in a drag racing format |
Chopper Challenge
2 students - 45 minutes |
Contestants will build and test 3 choppers (rotary flying devices) using only the materials provided at the competition |
Mystery Architecture
(using tennis ball)
2 students - 30 minutes |
Teams of students build the tallest, most stable tower from materials unknown to them prior to the competition |
Mystery Powders
2 students - 20 minutes |
A team of two contestants will be asked to identify a mixture of common white household powders |
Pasta Bridge
2 students - 50 minutes |
Teams will build a bridge from pasta that will hold the greatest weight. |
Picture This
3 students - 5 minutes |
This event has teams of 3 students each competing in a contest in which one member draws "clues" for the others to guess a science term or
concept. |
Reflection Relay
3 students - 30 minutes |
Three team members, each supplied with a pocket mirror, cooperate to bounce a light beam from a filmstrip projector onto a predetermined
target. |
Science Jeopardy
3 students max - 30 minutes |
Contestants choose a category and a level of difficulty from the game board and view and listen to an answer to a question. The first team to respond with an appropriate question for the answer will be awarded points and will choose the next topic and level |
Straw Egg Drop
2 students - 45 minutes |
Teams of students build a device from soda straws to cradle an egg being dropped from a certain height. |
Write It/Do It
2 students - 55 minutes total
25 minutes - Write It
20 minutes - Do It
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This event tests a competitor's ability to communicate with a colleague |
