Young Engineers and Science Clubs Scotland

Tried and TestedPizza Box Challenges1.The Generation Gap 2.Beat The Goalie

3.Mars Express Game 4.Quiz Board

5.Hand Steady Device 6.Solar heating

7. Wallace and Gromit Marble Run

Pizza Box Challenges1. The Generation Gap : Team challenge to consider and present

the best renewable energy options for a small island community

2. Beat The Goalie : Team challenge to create and present a ‘Beat the Goalie’ Game using ping pong launcher to project the ball

3. Mars Express game : Team challenge to design and make a board game of on expedition to Mars

4. Quiz Board : from T3C - Make an electrical quiz board to light a bulb when the questions are connected to the correct answers

5. Hand Steady Device : Design and make a Hand Steady game to produce a sound when the wire is touched.

6. Solar heating : Design and make a model solar cooker or water heater.

7. Wallace and Gromit Challenge : Construct a channel that will transfer a marble the greatest distance and so take the longest possible time to reach the switch and set off the buzzer.

See separate Power point files for nos. 1-4, follow web links for nos. 5 and 6

5. HAND STEADY DEVICEDesign and make a Hand Steady game to produce

a sound or light a bulb when the wire is touched.

There are numerous versions of this challenge available on the internet, such as

http://www.worsleyschool.net/science/files/steady/hand.html

6.(i)Pizza Box Solar OvenDesign and make a model solar cooker – there are

lots web sites giving details for this (suggested search Google images for solar ovens)

e.g.

http://www.solarnow.org/pizzabx.htm

Or

http://familyfun.go.com/crafts/solar-smores-673886/

Or http://www.nmsea.org/Curriculum/4_6/pizza_box_oven/pizza_box_ovens.htm

6.(ii) Solar HeatingDesign and make a model solar water heater.

http://pbskids.org/designsquad/projects/feel_the_heat.html

This could be built into a Pizza box to be portable

Ideal for simple experiments to research effect on heat absorption of colour, types and thickness of insulation, rate of water flow etc

7. Wallace and Gromit Challenge: The Great Marble Run Timer

Construct a channel that will transfer a marble the greatest distance and so take the longest possible time to reach the switch and set off the buzzer.

The completed device should be presented to the W&G Patent Team who will evaluate its performance as a W&G Timer

RULES:The marble run must be confined to the pizza boxThe marble should roll continuously once it is released.The marble should trigger a switch at the end of the run so that the buzzer can act as a timing deviceThe device should be decorated appropriately

Equipment :Marble tinfoilPizza Box8 sheets A4 cardScissors1 roll sellotape20 paper clips6 wooden skewersBuzzer circuit