{"id":8439,"date":"2026-10-09T13:10:31","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T09:10:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merrylandinternational.net\/newsite\/?p=8439"},"modified":"2026-10-09T13:12:44","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T09:12:44","slug":"sky-high-challenge-defy-gravity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.merrylandinternational.net\/newsite\/2026\/10\/09\/sky-high-challenge-defy-gravity\/","title":{"rendered":"SKY HIGH CHALLENGE \u2013 \u201cDEFY GRAVITY!\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"su-spacer\" style=\"height:10px\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>Vector Club Presents<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SKY HIGH CHALLENGE \u2013 \u201cDEFY GRAVITY!\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Get ready to reach new heights with the Vector Club! On <strong>22 October, from 2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.<\/strong>, our Year 8, Year 9 and Year 10 students will take on an exciting engineering adventure where creativity meets Physics!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Can you defy gravity and design a creation that outperforms the rest?<\/strong><\/p>\n<h5><strong>Year 8 \u2013 Paper Copter Challenge:<\/strong> Design a paper copter that stays airborne for the longest possible time.<\/h5>\n<h5><strong>Year 9 \u2013 Parachute Challenge:<\/strong> Create a parachute that carries a small payload and takes the longest time to descend.<\/h5>\n<h5><strong>Year 10 \u2013 Paper Aircraft Challenge:<\/strong> Engineer a lightweight paper aircraft that travels a fixed distance in the shortest possible time while maintaining stable flight.<\/h5>\n<p>Working in teams of <strong>2\u20134 students<\/strong>, participants will explore the science of gravity, air resistance, forces, motion and flight. The best proposals will be shortlisted for the final round, where students will build, test and showcase their engineering creations!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ready to take the challenge?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>All interested students are requested to submit their <strong>team name, names of all team members, and sections<\/strong> using the designated Google Form for their respective year group. Please ensure that you complete the correct form for your year. The deadline for proposal submission is <strong>19 October<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>More than just a competition, Sky High Challenge is an opportunity to think creatively, experiment fearlessly, collaborate effectively and solve problems like real engineers!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dream it. Design it. Test it. Defy gravity!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/1pDBU7fsikwueD3u5\">Submission form for Year 8<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/n9zNk35cKu7XoA2m8\">Submission form for Year 9<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/m5nEmyoJjRAqEMfg9\">Submission form for Year 10<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vector Club Presents SKY HIGH CHALLENGE \u2013 \u201cDEFY GRAVITY!\u201d Get ready to reach new heights with the Vector Club! On 22 October, from 2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., our Year 8, Year 9 and Year 10 students will take on an exciting engineering adventure where creativity meets Physics! Can you defy gravity and design a creation that outperforms the rest? Year 8 \u2013 Paper Copter Challenge: Design a paper copter that stays airborne for the longest possible time. Year 9 \u2013 Parachute Challenge: Create a parachute that carries a small&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7309,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-clubs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.merrylandinternational.net\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.merrylandinternational.net\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.merrylandinternational.net\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.merrylandinternational.net\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.merrylandinternational.net\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8439"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/www.merrylandinternational.net\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8439\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8445,"href":"http:\/\/www.merrylandinternational.net\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8439\/revisions\/8445"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.merrylandinternational.net\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.merrylandinternational.net\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.merrylandinternational.net\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.merrylandinternational.net\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}