The Pringle Challenge
In this project we worked in groups to create safe packages and mail one pringle chip from our school to my teacher, Nicole, parents house 600 miles away. Our goal was for the pringle to go to her parents house and back and still be completely be intact.
When me and my group were discussing materials it came to us that a cat food can would fit perfectly. Luckily one of my group members had a cat and could bring in a cat food can for us. We put the pringle inside the can and threw it across the room and surely it was broken. After trouble shooting we figured out that the pringle needed some cushion to keep it safe, so we used cotton balls. We tried not to put too many on top because we didn't want it to crush the pringle. Then of course we can't mail just cat food can so we put it in a box also filled with cotton balls just to keep the can from moving around.
We had a competition withing our class of who could create the package with the smallest mass and still have their pringle come back intact. My group came in at 3rd place so were pretty proud of that achievement.
The way we calculated our competition scores was with an equations: Intactness score divided by Mass in kg. x Volume in cc then multiplied by 100.
So my equations was 10 divided by .0275 kg x 648 cm^3 x 100 giving me a score of 56.12.
If I were to do this project again, what would I change? I would try to find a way to get a way to get the pringle in a smaller container. The box around added a lot of extra non necessary space. I would also try to maybe even experiment with different containers maybe something smaller than a cat food can.
We had a competition withing our class of who could create the package with the smallest mass and still have their pringle come back intact. My group came in at 3rd place so were pretty proud of that achievement.
The way we calculated our competition scores was with an equations: Intactness score divided by Mass in kg. x Volume in cc then multiplied by 100.
So my equations was 10 divided by .0275 kg x 648 cm^3 x 100 giving me a score of 56.12.
If I were to do this project again, what would I change? I would try to find a way to get a way to get the pringle in a smaller container. The box around added a lot of extra non necessary space. I would also try to maybe even experiment with different containers maybe something smaller than a cat food can.