In mid-January, 1st- through 8th-grade Clairbourn School students were presented with a weeklong engineering design challenge. Students were asked to build a flying craft. The parameters were: They could only build with materials found in a bag of provided materials, the craft had to fit on a pneumatic launcher and it had to land in the “flight zone.” Crafts would then be awarded points for both distance and weight in a combined total.
The first day was designated for building and testing. The second day included a talk on aeronautic principles from Boeing Aeronautics engineer Brittany Richardson, who later provided advice to individual students in their second attempt at building a craft. The third day was dedicated to testing the second set of designs. The final competition took place on the fourth day in front of the school assembly.
The first day was designated for building and testing. The second day included a talk on aeronautic principles from Boeing Aeronautics engineer Brittany Richardson, who later provided advice to individual students in their second attempt at building a craft. The third day was dedicated to testing the second set of designs. The final competition took place on the fourth day in front of the school assembly.
