Science and Engineering Challenge

On Tuesday 2 April 32 Year 10 Students participated in the National Science and Engineering Challenge at Claremont Showgrounds. This day long event allowed students to compete against eight different schools from around Perth in eight different Science and Engineering challenges. These challengers were:

• Future power – Students were given an insight into how power supply infrastructure works and how to better design it for future power security.
• Grasping at Straws – Bionic hand prosthetics of the future were created with the most basic of materials: PVC pipe, string, straws and timber coffee stirrers.
• Helter Skelter Shelter – Constructing buildings for Natural Disaster (such as earth quakes) prone areas of the world using limited amounts of commonly available materials.
• Confounding Communications - Privacy is key for modern communication and students were set a task of sending coded messages without messages being cracked!
• Return to Mars – Students reached for the stars as they created the next vehicle which could traverse the undulating surface of a planet other than earth!
• Stringways – Future public transportation was the aim as students competed to create the most efficient train system.
• Flat-Pack – With costs and space continuing to be an issue for businesses and customers, students tackled the land of flat-packed furniture! Points were awarded for cost efficiency as well as durability and weight capacity.
• Bridge – Infrastructure engineering skills were put to the test as students had to build a small bridge from Balsa wood, pins, tape, and paddle pop sticks. Once constructed the bridge was put through its paces with a weight test.

This was a highly enjoyable day for all involved with JFSC finishing fourth.

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