Boat Building Challenge: Build, Float, and Win!
Engage in a boat building challenge where you must construct a boat capable of floating as many pennies as possible within specific dimensions and a budget. Compete in a Float-off and calculate your score based on the number of pennies floated relative to the total cost. Present your results and discuss your design decisions, obstacles faced, and the best/worst features of your boat. Reflect on the experience and learn valuable lessons in teamwork, problem-solving, and iterative improvement.
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Build a Boat Hope it Floats
Guidelines Build a boat capable of floating as many pennies as possible. Boats cannot be larger than 4 x 6 x 10 centimeters. You have 20 minutes from when I say "Build your boat to create a boat for the Float-off. Use the provided list of materials and their prices to calculate the cost of your boat.
How to Win The winner of the Boat Float-off is the group earning the highest score based on the following equation: Score = # of pennies floated Total Cost
Material Price List (Boat dimensions cannot exceed 4 cm x 6 cm x 10 cm) Paper Aluminum Foil Clear Plastic Cardboard Paper Clips Rubber Bands Plastic Straws Clear Tape Duct Tape $0.10 for each cm2 $0.20 for each cm2 $0.30 for each cm2 $0.50 for each cm2 $0.25 each $0.50 each $0.10 for each cm length $0.15 for each cm length $0.75 for each cm length
Presenting Your Results Your whiteboard must include the following: A complete list of materials and the individual costs as well as your total cost. Your calculated score = # of pennies total cost A list of things you discussed when designing the boat. A list of any obstacles that kept you from building a better boat. What were your boat's best/worst features?
Take Away How many of you built the best boat possible? How many of you could build a better boat now that you ve tested yours and seen others tested?
Why did we do this? In a modeling classroom, students will learn from and work with each other. We will make mistakes and we will learn from them. We will construct models, test them, then improve upon them - just like we have done in this activity. We have just seen science in action and touched upon some of the topics we will cover as we go!
