Contrapt Waukesha Competition on April 26, 2024
Contrapt Wisconsin is STEM Forward’s engaging middle school contraption competition. A contraption accomplishes a simple task in the most complicated, fun way possible. Building one can be challenging, but it allows students to work on skills involving engineering, simple machines, trial and error, project planning, physics, teamwork, and creativity. Our competition will enable students to showcase their talents to their peers and our judges to earn awards. This year’s theme is “Roll the Dice,” students need to create a contraption that ends with a dice being rolled in 8 or more steps.
Sponsorship Information:
We are looking for sponsors now for the 2024 Spring Machine Design Challenges – Contrapt and Engineering Machine Design Contest. If you are interested in sponsoring these events, please contact Rich Merkel at rmerkel@stemforward.org or Theresa Wolf at twolf@stemforward.org.
Volunteer as a Judge:
We are seeking volunteer judges for the Contrapt Wisconsin Milwaukee on May 10 from 9 AM to 1 PM. Please consider joining us to see the amazing machines these 5th – 8th-grade students created. Click here to volunteer for this opportunity:
Please note: We are upgrading to a new volunteer management system. As a new volunteer to this system, please complete our volunteer application and select your dates on the second page.
Contrapt Wisconsin was featured in the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce (MMAC) Commerce Magazine Summer 2023. Click below to read the article and learn more about our programming.
If you have any questions about the competition, please contact Theresa Wolf at twolf@stemforward.org or 414-221-7720.
Check out the 2023 pictures of students & their contraptions!
