The 2010 K'Nex Challenge
Number of participating schools: 84
Number of participating children: Approx: 3500
The Challenge: This years challenge was to build a windmill.
Criteria:
The windmill had to have four sailsBe at least the height of an A4 piece of paperInclude a door for Prince Arthur to enter .Include a turning handle to manually rotate the sails in the event of no wind blowing.Include a platform for Prince Arthur to stand upon to turn the handle for the sails.Plus extra points were awarded for a working set of gears to help rotate the sailsTEACHER FEEDBACK
"Excellent presentation and support for the children"
V Brady, Parkgate Jnrs
"It was a great day - thank you very much"
A Banks, Pirton
"A fantastic session - thanks. The children learn't lots of new skills and to see them solving problems was fabulous"
V Hazell, Harwood Hill
* CONGRATULATIONS *
To the winning team, chosen to go through to the National Finals at Duxford:
Toby Warr & Daniel Shrimpton
from
Garden Fields Primary School
To the winning team, chosen to go through to the National Finals at Duxford:
Toby Warr & Daniel Shrimpton
from
Garden Fields Primary School
Toby & Daniels windmill had both a pulley and a gear mechanism which drove the grinding stones, and came very highly recommended by experienced engineer Ian Williamson
Well Done to all of the children who took part this year. All of the models were brilliant!
We wonder what next years challenge will be..... If you would like to take part in the 2011 K'Nex Challenge, look out for the fax back which should arrive at the school office in early September.
Photographs of some of the entries we recieved.....
