The NFPA Fluid Power Challenge is a skills based competition for middle school students. Students must use fluid power to solve a real life problem. The challenge has 3 parts. Part 1: workshop day: students will attend a fluid power workshop to learn about fluid power and to find out the challenge. Part 2: students will work for six weeks building and designing their device. Part 3: Challenge day, students will rebuild their model and compete against other schools.