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Silver award: design the ultimate pizza box
Students investigate the best material for a pizza box, with possible tests including:
- Thermal conductivity - Design a test to see which materials keep a pizza the hottest.
- Strength - Design a test to see which materials will be able to protect a pizza from the sorts of bumps it might experience. Remember, you may need more than one test, because there are different sorts of strength.
- Toxicity - Design a test to make sure the materials used won’t contaminate the food
- Assembly - Can the materials easily be made into the right shape?
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