Event Name |
# of Students |
Event Time |
Event Description |
| Barge Building |
2 |
20 min |
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 |
20 min |
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 Race |
2 |
20 min |
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. |
| Get Your Bearing |
2 |
15 min |
|
Mystery Architecture
(using Tennis Ball) |
2 |
30 min |
Teams of students build the tallest, most stable tower from materials unknown to them prior to the competition. |
| Mystery Powders |
2 |
20 min |
A team of two contestants will be asked to identify a mixture of common white household powders. |
| Pasta Bridge |
2 |
50 min |
Teams will build a bridge from pasta that will hold the greatest weight. |
| Picture This |
3 |
5 min |
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
(part 1 only) |
3 |
15 min |
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 |
30 min |
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 |
45 min |
Teams of students build a device from soda straws to cradle an egg being dropped from a certain height. |
Write It / Do It
(using K-Nex) |
2 |
55 min (total)
25 min (write it)
20 min (Do It) |
This event tests a competitor's ability to communicate with a colleague. |
