The Potato Chip Challenge is a free nationwide challenge to engineer the smallest, lightest package that will protect a potato chip being sent through the mail so that it arrives at its destination undamaged.
Here's how it works:
Pre-tech whatever fits your class best, Newton's laws, distribution of force, materials and package engineering, measurement, environmental impacts of packaging, etc...
Register your classes at www.potatochipchallenge.org before May 1st.
The week of May 1st, all registered chips will receive a match, and your students will mail their packages via the US Postal Service. Each chip sender will receive a chip from somewhere across the country. Students measure and judge their received chips, and enter the data. By early June, standings and winners for each grade will be announced. There may even be prizes (we're working on that) The last cohort of matches for 2010 will be made the week of May 1st, 2010. Please register your chips before then. The challenge is targeted for Middle School, and is open to K-12. Each grade will have delcared winners. For more information, visit www.potatochipchallenge.org.
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