Young Engineers and Science Clubs
Scotland
Tried and Tested
Pizza Box Challenges
1.The Generation Gap
2.Beat The Goalie
3.Mars Express Game
4.Quiz Board
5.Hand Steady Device
6.Solar heating
7. Wallace and Gromit Marble Run
Pizza Box Challenges
See separate Power
point files for nos. 14, follow web links
for nos. 5 and 6
1. The Generation Gap : Team challenge to consider and present the
best renewable energy options for a small island community
2. Beat The Goalie : Team challenge to create and present a ‘Beat the
Goalie’ Game using ping pong launcher to project the ball
3. Mars Express game : Team challenge to design and make a board
game of on expedition to Mars
4. Quiz Board : from T3C - Make an electrical quiz board to light a bulb
when the questions are connected to the correct answers
5. Hand Steady Device : Design and make a Hand Steady game to
produce a sound when the wire is touched.
6. Solar heating : Design and make a model solar cooker or water heater.
7. Wallace and Gromit Challenge : Construct a channel that will transfer a
marble the greatest distance and so take the longest possible time to
reach the switch and set off the buzzer.
5. HAND STEADY DEVICE
Design and make a Hand Steady game to produce a
sound or light a bulb when the wire is touched.
There are numerous versions of this challenge available
on the internet, such as
http://www.worsleyschool.net/science/files/steady/hand.html
6.(i)Pizza Box Solar Oven
Design and make a model solar cooker – there are lots
web sites giving details for this (suggested search
Google images for solar ovens)
e.g.
http://www.solarnow.org/pizzabx.htm
Or
http://familyfun.go.com/crafts/solar-smores-673886/
Or
http://www.nmsea.org/Curriculum/4_6/pizza_box_ov
en/pizza_box_ovens.htm
6.(ii) Solar Heating
Design and make a model solar water heater.
http://pbskids.org/designsquad/projects/feel_the_heat.
html
This could be built into a Pizza box to be portable
Ideal for simple experiments to research effect on heat
absorption of colour, types and thickness of
insulation, rate of water flow etc
7. Wallace and Gromit Challenge:
The Great Marble Run Timer
Construct a channel that will transfer a marble the greatest
distance and so take the longest possible time to reach the
switch and set off the buzzer.
RULES:
The marble run must be confined to the
pizza box
The marble should roll continuously once it
is released.
The marble should trigger a switch at the
end of the run so that the buzzer can act
as a timing device
The device should be decorated
appropriately
Equipment :
Marble
tinfoil
Pizza Box
8 sheets A4 card
Scissors
1 roll sellotape
20 paper clips
6 wooden skewers
Buzzer circuit
The completed device should be presented to the W&G
Patent Team who will evaluate its performance as a W&G
Timer