Paperclip and Straw Tower Results

     Yesterday was the day everyone was waiting for; Judging Day.  I got the honor of judging the whole competition. As soon as the students arrived to the club after school, they were given approximately a half hour to add their final touches to their towers.

      The judging began precisely at three. There were five towers that made it to judging, however our vice-president Scott built one which was the tallest, but he did not want to be counted in the judging race. Scott's tower measured 94 inches which is the equivalent to 7 feet, 10 inches. While judging, I had to find the tallest tower as well as the most interesting tower. I looked for three things: height, efficiency, and which would be easiest to build in real life. We had a tie for third place which went to both team "Sam" and team "Ligers" for both building square shaped towers that measured 2 feet tall. Our second place tower went to team "America" who had a very simple tower that measured 83 inches or 6 feet 11 inches. And finally, our first place tower went to the freshman team "42" for building a tower  that measured 84 inches or 7 feet exactly. It was a very close race! Additionally, we had one more award. The final award went to the most creative and efficient tower. Team "America's" tower was not the tallest, but the most efficient and would be easiest to build in real life. Our first place team and most efficient tower team each received certificates as well as a box of Mallomars. Congratulations to all of the participants and great work everyone! Below are pictures of the judging and results.

     Thank you for reading! Hope you can use this post as inspiration for ideas and fun in your own school or club!

~Ashley 

Paperclip and Straw Towers!

     The Future Engineers Club at Commack High School is certainly starting to become very popular! Last week, our vice-president, Scott, came up with a fun, exciting contest for everyone to participate in. The idea of the contest was to build a tower made of only paperclips and straws. The winner of the contest would be the group who made the tallest tower. However, there would be a prize given to the most creative tower as well. 

     To begin the contest, the club members got into small groups. Each group came up with a very creative name. Additionally, each group got to come up with a design for their tower to make it as strong, tall, and as interesting as possible. Here are some pics of the groups over the past two weeks working together to make their towers:

     Next week our vice-president will be judging the completed towers to determine the winner! Want to know who won? Well stay tuned and look back next week to see the winners!

~Ashley