In this event an ordinary building brick had to be lifted off the 
table using only four 8x11 inch standard sheets of paper and four 
small paper clips.  The brick had to remain for at least six seconds
supported only by the device made from the paper and paper clips. 
The closest distance from the brick to the table was measured.  
Thetotal time to work on this event was 30 minutes.


FIRST PLACE: 42.5 cm:  J.C. and C.N.



SECOND PLACE:  34.5 cm:  P.M.



THIRD PLACE:  34.4 cm:  C.H., N.K., J.S.,
 and J.V.




 

     


   


PAPER BRIDGE





In this event, the students were to build a paper bridge using four sheets of paper and four paper clips.  The bridge had to span two wooden test tube racks which were separated by the width of a sheet of paper.  On the bridge was placed the plastic lid from a cream cheese container.  On the lid were placed masses until the bridge collapsed.  Each record mass had to hold for a count of six.  The winners were the students who's bridges held the most mass.

               11/30/01
First Place:   3800 grams: A Mr.E's SCIENCE OLYMPICS WORLD RECORD!!!!!!!!!!!!
               J.C., J.E., & C.N. (SOME OF THESE STUDENTS WON 1ST PLACE LAST TIME TOO!)



Second Place:   3200 grams:
                J.Z., W.P., D.C., & J.W. 


Third Place:    A THREE WAY TIE 2900 grams:
                J.T., P.G., A.W., AND A.S.
                L.H, & A.H.
                G.B.










PAPER BOAT





In this competition, students had to build a paper boat using only one sheet of paper and 10 cm of masking tape.  Masses in amounts of 20g, 50g, 100g, and 200g were available for the students to place in their boats.  The winners were the teams who could hold the most mass in their boats before the boat sank.  The "lake" was a plastic container of about 25cm by 75cm.  The water was at a depth of 12cm.  A boat was considered sunk if it was touching the bottom.  Each record mass had to hold for a count of three.

World Record (1999-2000):  500 grams (a few years ago when paper was thicker)

First Place:  410 grams; A.W., A.H., & A.S. 

Second Place:  400 grams; N.T., & K.B 

Third Place:  350 grams; S.W., & J.P.

   

  
  
   
   

    
   

   
   

   



AIR CRAFT CARRIER LANDING





In this event, the students were to build a paper airplane that was to land on the deck of an aircraft carrier(lab table).  The plane could be made of only one sheet of paper.  The planes were thrown from a distance of 4 meters toward a target taped to the lab table.  The team who's plane landed with the point closest to the center of the target was the winner.  

First Place:   1.3 cm: N.C.   




Second Place:   2.0 cm: S.S. & M.W.



Third Place:   2.3 cm: J.T., S.M., P.G., & A.P.



Forth Place:    3.0: J.D.



Fifth Place:  3.7 cm:  D.P., A.S., & W.M.






  
 







BRICK LIFT II






In this event an ordinary building brick had to be lifted off the 
table using only four 8x11 inch standard sheets of paper and four 
small paper clips.  The brick had to remain for at least six seconds
supported only by the device made from the paper and paper clips. 
The closest distance from the brick to the table was measured.  
Thetotal time to work on this event was 30 minutes.


FIRST PLACE: 49.2 cm:  Z.H.



SECOND PLACE:  42.2 cm:  J.C, & C.N.



THIRD PLACE:  TIE 28.8 cm:  P.N-J., M.M., J.S.  and   J.I., & Z.W.