• Engineering Day at Crowder College

Engineering Day will be a day for high school students to have fun, compete in various engineering challenges and learn more about what Crowder has to offer in STEM fields.

Registration is open to 9-12 grade students with contests listed below.

Engineering Day Itinerary:  

8:30 – 9:00         Registration
9:00 – 9:30        Welcome & Announcements
9:30 – 1:00        Engineering Contests and Department Demonstrations
11:15 – 1:15      Lunch available at Crowder Dining Hall and Snack Bar
1:30                   Awards Ceremony
2:00                   Dismissal

A detailed agenda will be shared on the day of the event.

Engineering Day Contests

• Balsa Wood Bridge - Design and build a bridge constructed from balsa wood according to the contest rules which supports the maximum weight.  [Individual or team of two (2). limited to 8 teams per school]
• Duct Tape Structure - Create a simple, lightweight structure capable of supporting a small ball at the highest possible height. [No more than four (4) team members per structure, limited to 10 teams per school]
• Extreme Engr Challenge - Design, build and test a design given a problem, materials, and specifications provided to the contestant(s) the day of event. [No more than three (3) team members, limited to 15 teams per school]
• Mouse Trap Car - Build a vehicle that is powered solely by a standard sized mouse trap that will travel a 5-meter distance in the shortest amount of time.  [Individual competition, no more the 15 participants per school]
• Paper Airplane - Design and build paper aircraft for long distance and accuracy. The aircraft will be scored in two equally weighted categories. Different planes may be used for each category. [Individual or team of two (2), limited to 20 teams per school]
• Penny Boat - Create a boat using tin foil that will hold as many pennies as possible without sinking. [No more than three (3) team members per boat, limited to 8 teams per school]
• Ping Pong Ball Launcher - Design and build a launcher which can catapult ping pong balls at targets located twelve feet from the launcher table. [No more than three (3) team members per launcher, limited to 10 teams per school]
• Rubber Band Powered Vehicle - Design, build and test a rubber band powered vehicle, which will carry a load the greatest distance. [No more then three (3) students per team, limited to 8 teams per school]
• Rube Goldberg Machine - Design and build the most complicated mechanical device to achieve a simple objective: “Pour a Bowl of Cereal”. [No more than five (5) team members per machine, limited to 4 teams per school]
• Team Physics Challenge - Use teamwork to describe in detail the properties and behavior of a provided physical system. [No more than three (3) members per team, limited to 1 team per school]
• Tennis Ball Catapult - Create a catapult that will accurately launch a tennis ball 30 feet. [No more than four (4) team members per catapult, limited to 4 teams per school]
• Workstation Assembly - Assemble parts into a bootable, internet capable computer. [Individual or team of two (2), limited to 1 team per school]