Inter-school Straw Competition attracts 1000 participants
Combining physics with creativity, over 1,000 secondary school students turned straws into waterwheels in the Hong Kong Inter-school Straw Waterwheel Object Lifting Competition on
Over 300 teams from 80 secondary schools took part in the Competition. Students from Forms One to Three participated in the Junior category while students from Forms Four to Seven joined in the Senior category. Each team was given 150 straws, a roll of string and 1.5 hours to design and construct a waterwheel or any other water-driven mechanical device that could lift a hexagon nut. The raised height of the nut was the main selection criterion. Each champion team was awarded a HK$1,500 book coupon with a trophy; first and second runners-up received a trophy and a HK$1,000/HK$500 book coupon, respectively.
Students from
This is the eighth year that the Society has organized activities of similar nature for secondary school students in
The Competition was launched by Professor (Chair) Richard Ho, Professor (Chair) C H Chan and Professor (Chair) Johnny Chan, Dean of Undergraduate Education, Dean and Associate Dean of Faculty of Science and Engineering, respectively. The Prize Presentation Ceremony was officiated by Professor Lilian Vrijmoed, Dean of Student Learning and Dr Robert Li, Associate Professor of the Department of Physics and Materials Science.
More than a dozen sponsors supported the Competition this year, including the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (Material Division) and the Hong Kong Bank Foundation.
Results:
Junior Category | School | Raised height of the 20g hexagon nut (cm) |
Champion | Shap Pat Heung Rural | 281.0 |
First runner-up | Shap Pat Heung Rural | 258.0 |
Second runner-up | Shap Pat Heung Rural | 256.6 |
Senior Category | School | Raised height of the 40g hexagon nut (cm) |
Champion | | 271.0 |
First runner-up | | 261.7 |
Second runner-up | Shap Pat Heung Rural | 259.5 |