Float Your Boat! – Scientific Method Project
Name: Jin BLK: D
CHALLENGE: Make a boat that can float in water and hold the most amount of pennies.
PROBLEM: To build a boat that will hold the most number of pennies while staying afloat.
HYPOTHESIS: (Use an “If…then… because ”statement)
If boat’s bottom is strong and balanced then the boat will hold many pennies while staying afloat, because of strong and balanced bottom.
IDEA FOR ORIGINAL DESIGN: Insert image and write a description explaining your thinking/reasoning as to why you chose that particular design
We thought how can the boat keep balance while holding pennies on the water, so we cut the straw for four, and attach the straw on the bottom to hold many pennies, then we connected the straw at both ends to keep the boat’s balance.
HOW MANY PENNIES DID YOUR BOAT HOLD?
Our boat held 58 pennies
WHAT WOULD YOU KEEP OR CHANGE ON YOUR BOAT DESIGN IF YOU WERE TO DO THIS AGAIN?
I would make the boat bigger and make the bottom more strong to hold many pennies.