The Pringle Challenge
In the Pringle Challenge, we were divided into groups of three or four and were instructed to create some sort of structure that we could use to mail one Pringle chip from our school to our teacher's parents in Northern California. We had a weight and size limit (because we didn't want these packages to cost $100 to mail back and forth). Also, a requirement was that we could not alter the chip in any way.
Our Package
For our package, we used a small jewelry box. We filled it with cotton balls so they would be above and below the chip. Then, once the chip was inside, we taped the outside of the box with masking tape. We used a small box because we figured it would not only keep the chip from moving around, but we would also have an extremely small mass. We used cotton balls because they would help to keep the chip from moving around.
The Competition
In order to calculate our Competition score, we had to multiply our mass and our volume, then divide our Intactness Score by the product. Then we had to multiply our answer by 100. My group's Competition Score was rounded to 845.7. Below is the work we did to find our score. It was interesting to see everyone's Competition Scores because they ranged from as low as .61 all the way to 845.7 (our score was the highest!). Our score was the highest because we had the lowest mass and volume, and received the highest Intactness Score.
Reflection
If I were to do this project over again, I would do it exactly the same because our chip didn't break at all and we had the lowest mass and volume. Because we had the lowest mass and volume, we received extra credit points.