Northwest Iowa Community College Engineering Expo

Wednesday May 1st 2019 08:00 am - Wednesday May 1st 2019 04:00 pm
NCC Campus, Sheldon, Iowa
aouw@nwicc.edu
Allie Mouw at 712-324-5061

The object of the NCC Engineering Expo is to promote engineering as an exciting field for young people, to provide a service to society, to encourage teamwork, and to assist in education outside of the classroom. 

Teams must design catapults to launch raw eggs a specified distance.  The catapults will be designed and built by the teams.  Each team must provide all materials and use their creativity and imagination in their designs. 

The playing field will be a rectangular shape.  The teams will set up their catapult in a designated launch area and will launch the eggs at a bull’s eye target on the opposite end of the playing field.  The catapult range must be adjustable because each team will be shooting from different distances to the target.  The exact distance to the target will not be known until the day of the event.  A range of distances will be specified in this document.  Each team will get three practice shots and five scored shots.  This field competition will count for 50 of the total 100 possible points. 

In addition to the catapult, a poster must be created.  The poster should include calculations of predicted distances, documentation of the design process, and a list of materials used, among other things.  The poster will count for 50 of the total 100 points available in the competition.  This poster should be of professional quality, visually attractive and demonstrate the groups’ understanding of the principles involved. 

Upon the completion of this challenge, the winning team will also receive an award for display at its school.  The catapult competition will be held on May 1st at NCC.

RULES DOCUMENT

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