Event Details
Provided Items
Participant Actions
Event Contents
100

Number of participants

Is it 2

100

The items will be provided by

Will the supervisors provide items?

100

The ice cube is placed in

Do you put the ice cube in a ziploc bag?
100

The 2 basic topics of this event are

Are thermodynamics and chemistry the main topics of this event?

200

How long is the event

is it 50 minutes

200

A material provided that measures water

What are graduated cylinders used for
200

Construct an ___ container

Are you supposed to make an insulating container

200

Another key skill needed to excel at this event is

Are engineering skills important for this event?

300

The allowed resources are from

is it provided at the competition

300

Insulating materials can include

What are styrofoam cups, styrofoam chips, metal cans, plastic cups, newspaper, and fabric scraps called?

300

The time you have to wait for

is 30 minutes how long you have to wait

300

The process of going from a solid state to liquid state

Is melting the process of going from a solid to a liquid?

400

The required safety materials

None?

400

Any material provided that are not insulators, and measuring devices can be

Are masking tape, a Sharpie/marker, provided?

400

___ should be poured into the measuring device

Do you pour the accumulated water into the measuring device?

400

The basic components of thermodynamics that we will cover (3)

Are insulation, heat, energy transfer the main components of thermodynamics that we will cover?

500

Amount of building time

is it 15 minutes

500

This material (not ice) is always provided

Is a ziploc bag and provided every time?

500

Remove contents after

Do you remove contents after the entire assembly have been weighed?

500

The basic chemistry components we will cover (4)

Are the basic components that we will cover are states of matter, temperature, properties of material, and conservation of energy?