Engineering

Onsite Competition Only

The Engineering competition is designed for a team of three to five students to use innovative problem solving techniques and engineering concepts. Teams will use items from a specified list and will be required to interact with judges during the competition. A club may have only one entry.

**Time Limit: 45 Minutes **

Competition Guidelines

Elementary Construction - Zipline

• Each club may enter one team of three to five students.

• Teams will be given forty-five (45) minutes to construct and ninety (90) seconds to demonstrate and explain the project.

• The invention must be constructed on a piece of foam board 30 inches by 40 inches. This piece of foam board will be separate from the materials container.

• The invention may have parts that suspend beyond the board, but cannot be braced/tethered/supported by anything (i.e. wall or floor) other than the board.

• The team must use items from the specified list and materials must fit into a closed 10 gallon plastic storage container with a lid.

• All construction must be done on-site. No steps can be preassembled, construction pieces must be separate and the board must be free of any writing or marks. Electricity will not be available.

Approved Materials List

The team must use ONLY the items from the specified list of materials below. Materials must fit into a closed 10 gallon container with lid. Teams will be responsible for all materials and the foam board needed for the build.