As a parent with four boys interested in engineering from a very young age, I was not surprised to learn that they had signed themselves up through school to participate in the Fluid Power Challenge. What I didn’t know was how seriously they would take it! I...
There are four new kits available: STEM ARM KIT (middle-school and high school versions); the CFPA National Challenge Event Kits (designed so that individual schools can participate in a Challenge); updated and revised NFPA Challenge Event Kits (including the new...
Sponsored by Princess Auto, the first Challenge was held in Manitoba, Canada in March. Five schools participated from the Louis Riel School Division, a total of 20 teams.
Action Challenge Introduces Students to Fluid Power Industry It begins with a box of parts. Middle school students (working in teams of four) receive a basic tool kit and are tasked with building a prototype machine using fluid power to move and rotate objects from...