ISRAEL 2016

1 Objective -Fill the well with water.

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The principle that is mainly used in this stage is the principle of Archimedes, or flotation.

The safe is constructed with a well, a crane, a small lake and a landscape with foam
decorations such as: trees, mountains and animals (we are assuming that the closest
shape to a tree is a cylinder, each foam cylinder must have 30 millimeters of diameter and
a height of 7cm. And each foam decoration will have a magnet on their bottom side.)

There is a pipe in the well that drains back the water into the reservoir that has - inch
radius. Furthermore, the pumps lever for introducing water into the well has a one inch
radius. Inlet pipes have check valves to prevent water to go in counterflow.
The well must be transparent to be able to observe the key which is hooked with an iron
ball that is about 23 mm of diameter.
In the area where the reservoir of the water pipes are, will not be visible and will be
covered to not be seen from the outside, whether it is covered with soil or it can be
covered with paper. From the outside, you can only see the well with the key.

The crane has a height of about 20 cm and the radius of the cranes jib is one that it can
cover the top of the area of the well and the hole where the ball lands with the key.
The crane will be controlled with three syringes and a crank; the first syringe is used to
control the height of the crane, the second syringe will be used to provide radial
movement, and the third syringe will be used to open and close the claw, and the crank is
to give the angular movement to the crane.

First, you must control the crane toward one of the foam decorations, grab it and drop it
into the well to connect the magnet of the bottom of the foam decoration with the iron ball
that is hooked with the key found in the depths of the well.
There will be a hole with the pumps lever. The hole where they should put their hands to
find the handle of the pump, has an image of " Bocca della Verita " with a mouth the size
of the hole where the hand should be introduced.This lever is on the side of the box. To
grab the lever, you must reach with your hand into the side hole .
With that lever, you must fill the well with water by constantly pumping it.
With the crane, grab the decoration that is connected with the iron ball where the key is
hooked onto and toss it in the exit hole. However the iron ball will be bigger than the exit
hole by less than a half millimeter.

2nd Objective -Contraction of the ball.

The principle mainly used in this stage, is the principle of thermal expansion .
The participants will notice that the iron ball is bigger than the exit hole and must find a
way to shrink the iron ball. There will be a small lake of 80mm deep and will have water,
ice and salt. They must use the crane to pick up the decoration that is connected with the
iron ball where the key is hooked and throw it in the small lake.
After a minute, the ball should have reduced its size to pass the exit hole. With the crane,
remove from the small lake the decoration that it connected to the iron ball which is
hooked to the key and toss it into the exit hole. If successful, the key must fall through the
exit hole.