It turns out they needn’t have worried as more teams succeeded in completing at least one cycle than in any of the previous ten challenges. Leading the parade of successful schools was first place winner, Islington Junior Middle School. Students from 18 west Toronto middle schools were asked to design and build fluid power devices to pick up a wooden block and place it on one of two shelves – in effect, a simulation of a warehouse material handling problem. They were evaluated on a set of criteria including the number of cycles completed and the quality of their design portfolios. The Challenge, which is a partnership of the Canadian Fluid Power Association and the Toronto District School Board, is intended to provide Grade 8 students with hands-on experience building a mechanism with real world applicability and to open their eyes and those of their teachers to the world of technology careers.