1. State the problem of this experiment:

How many pennies can a boat made of tinfoil, 2 wooden sticks, 1 straw and about 6 inches of tape hold?

2. State your hypothesis for this experiment:

The boat will probably sink after 50 pennies

3. How many pennies did your boat hold?

Our boat held 123 pennies before it sank to the bottom of the tank

4. What was your thinking/reasoning behind the design of your boat?

We were trying to make our tinfoil stronger by folding it in half and we secured the corners of our boat with tape and the sticks in the middle to add strength.

5. What would you keep/change on your boat design if you were to do this again?

I wouldn’t have folded the tinfoil in half to have more surface area and space for more pennies. But I think securing the corners was a good idea.