Knex Challenge
This week P5 have been involved in Creating Engineers Challenge 2023. This challenge is set by the University of Glasgow and has different heats. The first heat was in the classroom and set by Mrs Donley. Whoever wins this round goes to Minnigaff Primary School to compete against other schools across Dumfries and Galloway.
This challenge involved us working in teams of 2 to create a bridge. Our bridge was to span across 2 desks, support the weight of a small water bottle and be able to open to allow any size of boat through.
We had specifications to follow:
- be at least 19cm high
- be at least 30m long
- have a strong robust structure
We worked in twos to design out structure and build it using Knex. We only had an hour to complete our challenge. As you can see from our designs, we worked really hard on this challenge and had lots of fantastic ideas.
