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wzhang5460 wrote:Greetings my fellow Mystery Architecture legends, if you want some practice and see how you compare to other teams, below is a link for a practice prompt made by our good friends over at Community. Feel free to add your score if you choose to participate. Good luck and have fun.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fPD ... grM-c/edit

wzhang5460 wrote:Greetings my fellow Mystery Architecture legends, if you want some practice and see how you compare to other teams, below is a link for a practice prompt made by our good friends over at Community. Feel free to add your score if you choose to participate. Good luck and have fun.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fPD ... grM-c/edit

volunteerDad wrote:Hello, I'm coaching for the first time and glad to see that there's some conversation on these. I also have no clue what to expect. Here's my question. For a tunnel, I'm assuming we need essentially a floor, two walls and a ceiling, with openings at both ends, correct? This isn't an elevated bridge tunnel or just something like that. This tunnel just sits flat on the floor or table?

volunteerDad wrote:Hello, I'm coaching for the first time and glad to see that there's some conversation on these. I also have no clue what to expect. Here's my question. For a tunnel, I'm assuming we need essentially a floor, two walls and a ceiling, with openings at both ends, correct? This isn't an elevated bridge tunnel or just something like that. This tunnel just sits flat on the floor or table?

newtoscioly wrote:can anyone share some ideas of tests for cantilever and arches including supply list. think out of the box is getting harder and harder.

heiber wrote:

newtoscioly wrote:can anyone share some ideas of tests for cantilever and arches including supply list. think out of the box is getting harder and harder.

Here are a couple I have come up with. When I put events together I try to come up with a specific "challenge" - meaning one thing that will be the hardest part such as: limited amount of tape, heaving weight, limited materials. That way they can focus on techniques to address that specific challenge in the practice.

Create the longest free-standing cantilever that can hold 1 AAA battery. Counterweight is 1 D battery. Cantilever must rest on bucket and not be secured. Neither battery can be secured to the tower and must be held for a minimum of 10 seconds. Materials:
• 12 playing cards
• 8 straws
• 30 cm string
• 60 cm masking tape
Primary measurement: Longest length from edge of bucket to AAA battery
Secondary measurement: Shortest length from edge of bucket to edge of cantilever on the base.

Create the longest free-standing cantilever that can hold 2 AA batteries. Counterweight is 12 oz can. Cantilever must rest on the table and not be secured. Neither battery can be secured to the cantilever and must be held for a minimum of 10 seconds. Materials:
• 4 index cards
• 10 stirrers
• 60 cm string
• 60 cm masking tape
Primary measurement: Longest length from edge of table to closest battery
Secondary measurement: Shortest length from edge of table to edge of cantilever on the base.

Make the highest arch that can support a golf ball. Arch and golf ball cannot cannot be secured to the table. Arch supports must be at least 10 cm apart. Materials:
• 40 straws
• 5 popsicle sticks
• 4 pipe cleaners
• 4 cups
• Masking tape
Primary measurement: Height from the middle of the arch to the lowest cross bracing.
Secondary measurement: Widest distance of the supports

Make an arch that can support a golf ball. Arch and golf ball cannot be secured to the table. The golf ball must be placed within 3 cms of the center of the arch. Materials:
• 8 straws
• 5 popsicle sticks
• 5 rubber bands
• 1 wood board
• 45 cm masking tape
• Cannot use bag or instructions
Primary measurement: Combined dimensions of the height plus width
Secondary measurement: Tallest arch

newtoscioly wrote:Thank you HEIBER! this is great. I really do appreciate you taking time to post this, thanks again!!!!!!!!!!