Claude Lee, Jackson Lee, Gino Mun, and Tony Park won first place in the paper-elevator making contest hosted by Fluor Global Engineering Construction Company at the MITIS lobby last February 13.
Grade 10B’s cheap yet effective elevator beat Grade 9’s, which failed to move the paper clips, and 10A’s, which was made of the least expensive items yet could not hold itself up.
The three groups of four students were asked to build an elevator that could transport a paper clip to a particular container. Papers, rubber bands, paper clips, tape, and two unsharpened pencils were provided for the task. Each material had a corresponding price, and the group who built the most cost-effective elevator within 45 minutes won.
“It took 30 minutes of gathering ideas and 15 minutes to put them into one shape. It’s more difficult than it sounds,” confessed Jackson Lee. Winners received Fluor lanyards, “a perfect item for me to show off” according to Claude Lee.
Fluor, a 123-year-old company famous for its constructions all around the world, hosted the contest in search of fresh ideas from creative and innovative students.
by Claude Lee
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