Paperclip Physics Competition

Local Students’ Super Science Success


Five students from Christ College, Brecon are looking forward to a 2-day expenses paid trip to London for the Grand Final of a National Competition organised by the Institute of Physics. The Paperclip Physics Competition challenges students to demonstrate to a non-scientist an application or a fundamental principle of physics using items that can be found in a typical home. The Fifth Form (Year 11) team of Andrew Bridgeman, Forrest Hogg, Kathryn Keane, Angharad Lewis and Ed Shackelford beat off opposition from 11 teams of Sixth Form students across Wales to win the Welsh Final held at Cardiff University. Their presentation ‘Air Force’ utilises stepladders, a melon and a fan amongst other items as their script takes the audience from the Leaning Tower of Pisa to the surface of the moon. This is the second year running that Christ College will represent Wales in the Grand Final which will be held on the 31st March at the Institute of Physics in London.

The Fifth Form (Year 11) team of Andrew Bridgeman, Forrest Hogg, Kathryn Keane,
Angharad Lewis and Ed Shackelford