During Green Machine, students were challenged to take what they learned about Environmental Engineering and put it all together to design a water transportation device for the town of WEngineeria who was recently struck by a natural disaster that left them without access to water.
Thank you to all the students who submitted a Water Transportation System project! We enjoyed looking through all of your innovative submissions! Please take a moment to check out all the amazing designs. We had so many great submissions, which made it so hard to only pick one!
This student used the principles of simple machines and built their own inclined plane out of popsicle sticks to transport water. Once the water is poured into the cup, it slowly trickles down the inclined plane until it ends up in the cup at the bottom.
This student used the mechanics of a pulley system with one piece of string connected to a cup and the other piece tied to a straw. When the straw is turned, the cup is slowly lifted from point A and transported to point B.
This student used mechanical energy that was generated from the turning of a central PVC pipe to move their water. 3-D printing their own shaft and scoops (which were installed on the interior of their design), they turned the whole structure to move water through the cutouts in the container which transported the water from within the structure to a container below.
Instead of using an external energy source, this student used potential energy which was created by the water’s starting height to transport their water.
Using the science behind capillary action, this student used only paper towels and cups to create their design! The paper towels absorb water from the previous cup and transport them to the next until the last cup is filled.
Using a pulley system, this student used the principles of simple machines to transfer water into a small cup. The cup filled with water was then sling-shot from point A to point B using a toy car and an elastic band.
Huge congrats to our winner! Check out their design below. This project was well-deserved of its SUR-PRIZE!
This student’s innovative design included many complex components and scientific concepts. They used plastic cups and popsicle sticks to build a water wheel which was powered by the energy generated from a power drill. When turned, the cups would scoop up water from a tub of water underneath and transport it onto an angled surface constructed of plastic-cup-halves that connected the main water wheel to the collection
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