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