CELEBRATE NATIONAL ENGINEERS WEEK WITH JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY

WHITING SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING

A Tower of Power in a Half HourA Middle School National Engineers’ Week Challenge

Join Johns Hopkins University’s Whiting School of Engineering in celebrating National Engineers’ Week (February 21-27, 2016) by building a tower from spaghetti and marshmallows. The tallest freestanding tower wins!

Specifics: Towers are to be built by a team of students (3 students max) using

only one (1) 1 pound box of spaghetti and 2 bags of large marshmallows (30/bag).

The construction time limit is a half hour. Towers must be freestanding. Each middle school may submit one entry to JHU. An entry

consists of two items: o a digital photograph of the team and its towero a teacher-verified height (in cm)

The winning middle school will be invited to JHU’s Tower of Power competition to build their tower again and compete with undergraduate students, alumni, and faculty teams. (optional)

Please notify of intent to participate by January 22, 2016.

Entries must be submitted by February 8, 2016.

Prizes: Each middle school entry will receive a certificate signed by

the Assistant Dean for Engineering Education Outreach. The winning entry will receive prizes (to be determined) and

be recognized on the JHU Center for Educational Outreach website.

Hints: Triangles are rigid. Structures using triangles tend to be strong. Note all the triangular trusses in the picture. Long lengths of spaghetti will bend. It’s probably better to have several short sections rather than one long section.

Experiment! Design! Build!Click here to enter the competition!

Send photo consent forms and questions to Diamond Pollard at STEMoutreachjhu@gmail.com or call 410-516-6224

Students under the age of 18 must have parental consent for their pictures to be used on the Johns Hopkins University Engineers’ Week website, the Center for Educational Outreach website, or any other JHU announcement. Please send proof of parental consent from your school, or make copies of the following form and send home with each student to be signed by their parent/legal guardian.

Please send all paperwork to:

Diamond PollardCenter for Educational OutreachJohns Hopkins University3400 N. Charles StreetShriver Hall 040Baltimore, MD 21218

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Photo Consent Form: May We Take Your Picture?I give permission to The Johns Hopkins University and their representative to photograph and/or videotape me (or my child) and use the images in publications (catalog, brochures, etc.), multimedia displays (slideshows, photo collages, web pages, etc.) and other promotional projects.

Date of Photography/Taping: __________________________________________

Student Name (please print clearly): __________________________________________

Parent Name (print): __________________________________________

Parent Signature (print): __________________________________________

Address: __________________________________________

__________________________________________

Phone: ___________________________________________

Photo Consent Form: May We Take Your Picture?I give permission to The Johns Hopkins University and their representative to photograph and/or videotape me (or my child) and use the images in publications (catalog, brochures, etc.), multimedia displays (slideshows, photo collages, web pages, etc.) and other promotional projects.

Date of Photography/Taping: __________________________________________

Student Name (please print clearly): __________________________________________

Parent Name (print): __________________________________________

Parent Signature (print): __________________________________________

Address: __________________________________________

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Phone: ___________________________________________