Problem: Ours did not have enough of a barrier to help prevent the water from getting into the boat and making it sink, and the support for the boat could of been better to help with the weight.

Hypothesis: We think that if we cut the straw in half and place it on each side to help with the floatation and the sticks to then hopefully support the weight of the pennies, and we have also folded up a little bit of the sides to prevent the water from getting into the inside of the boat and make it sink, because if the water gets into the boat it will most likely make it sink before the actual experiment or after only a couple pennies are placed on the structure.

How many pennies was it able to hold: 34 pennies

What was your thinking/reasoning behind the design of your boat?We thought if we used the straw on the width of the boat that it would make it float better than the sticks would, and so we placed the wooden sticks on the inside in hopes that it would support the weight of the pennies. At the last minute we decided to fold in the sides to prevent the water from getting into the boat and make it sink

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

I would make the surface area bigger and fold in the sides higher so that it would really prevent the water from sinking the boat earlier. Placing the wooden sticks in a shape of the X would have probably helped it support the boat better than having it placed in a straight line.