Secondary Science and Engineering Challenge
Penguin District School attended the Science and Engineering Challenge, where our fellow students used communication, collaboration and continuity at Marist College.
Each group were assigned different tasks - some were challenged with two different tasks separated in morning and afternoon and some did a full day activity.
Nate and I competed in Job Juggling. We had coloured tiles which were to place in certain rows and columns. The number of colours that had to be in each row was given at the start of each job task. The hardest rule being that no same colour could be on the same row or column. Nate and I struggled with little understanding on what to do and left us lowly ranked for that activity. In the afternoon session, we attempted to make wind turbines. Due to our comprehension of physics, we achieved much greater success in this task! The goal was to make fast fans for the turbine. We did this by making similar structured fan pieces that we angled to collect wind and speed. We placed fourth in this afternoon Wind Turbines event which we were happy about.
Personally, I did not attend the other activities so I could not provide a perspective from every person, however if you care to know more, I’m sure the other members wouldn’t mind you seeking them out for a chat. Yes Mr King, that means you too.
What I am able to tell you is that we came fourth for the entire competition – only 30 points behind Devonport High School.
A big thanks to Marist Regional College for hosting. Shout out to the University of Newcastle and Rotary Hobart for also making the day possible. The event was plenty of fun while still teaching and challenging us with science. I would most definitely encourage next years 9 and 10 students to give it a go and remember its about having fun and doing your best.
Finally great job to the students, and the biggest thanks to our mentors: Mr King and Miss Schake.
By Dylan
