{"id":2729,"date":"2022-08-03T14:07:33","date_gmt":"2022-08-03T04:07:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/ssc\/?post_type=article&p=2729"},"modified":"2022-08-04T13:54:51","modified_gmt":"2022-08-04T03:54:51","slug":"santa-explores-stem-at-the-science-and-engineering-challenge","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/ssc\/article\/santa-explores-stem-at-the-science-and-engineering-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Santa Explores STEM at the Science and Engineering Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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The Science and Engineering Challenge  is a nationwide outreach program for Years 9 and 10 students presented by the University of Newcastle in partnership with universities across Australia. It allows students to experience how science and engineering can help to solve real-world problems in a fun, competitive setting. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

On any one challenge day students work in teams of four students from eight different schools in a series of eight challenges. Some of these included designing and building a bridge: students construct a model bridge out of balsa wood and masking tape, which then has to support a railcar carrying increasingly heavy weights as it races across a test rig. The \u2018Helter skelter shelter\u2019 challenge has students design and construct towers constructed from common materials and then tested for strength and stability, through the use of weights and a shaking base which simulates an earthquake. The \u2018Grasping at straws\u2019 challenge involves designing a bionic hand \u2013 using PVC pipe, straws and string to build a hand and then control it to perform a series of tasks. Other challenges included designing and testing a Mars rover over uneven terrain, building a water wheel to investigate fluid dynamics and wiring up a circuit board to see how power stations distribute energy through a city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Congratulations to all the teams and for their commendable results across the various challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Rachele Rugiero
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The Science and Engineering Challenge  is a nationwide outreach program for Years 9 and 10 students presented by the University of Newcastle in partnership with universities across Australia. It allows students to experience how science and engineering can help to solve real-world problems in a fun, competitive setting.  On any one challenge day students work in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","article_category":[4],"article_tag":[],"class_list":["post-2729","article","type-article","status-publish","hentry","article_category-secondary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/ssc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/2729","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/ssc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/ssc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/ssc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/ssc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"article_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/ssc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_category?post=2729"},{"taxonomy":"article_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/ssc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_tag?post=2729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}