Aluminum foil boat experiment continued aluminum foil boat experiment was it your largest boat that could hold the most weights.
Tin foil boat marbles.
For example you could make one square be 12 inches by 12 inches or 30 centimeters cm by 30 cm and make the second square be 6 inches by 6 inches or 15 cm by 15 cm.
Many moons ago when i was in high school my english teacher gave us an assignment to try and build a boat out of two sheets of aluminum foil that were each 2 square feet in area 1 x2.
Then you open up the fold edges and stand them straight up.
You will start with a rectangular piece of foil.
Finally you will pinch the corners together to close off the edges.
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Begin adding pennies for the boat s cargo.
First you will need to fold in each of the edges of the foil about 1 2 inch.
Materials needed metric ruler scissors 2 pieces of aluminum foil 16 cm x 13 5 cm big bowl of water 30 to 40.
Cut two squares of aluminum foil making one square have dimensions that are twice that of the other square.
Cut a piece of tin foil 5 x 6 inches.
Aluminum foil heavy duty works best empty containers in different shapes such as bowls cups yogurt tubs tennis ball tubes small boxes etc.
A larger boat usually holds more weight than a smaller one.
Small weights marbles nuts bolts and washers then do this.
Form the foil over one of your shapes.
Introduce the challenge how many marbles can you rescue from the shark.
How much space a boat takes up can help spread out the gravity over a larger area.
The shapes of the boats all helped to spread out the weight of the boat.
Whichever boat was able to support the most weight wins.
See how many pennies your boat can carry before it sinks.
12 x 12 aluminum foil ruler scissors pen pencil i hand folded everything.
Tin foil bowl scissors pennies water directions.
Remember to be gentle with your foil and dry it off between trials.
Count how many marbles your boat held.
Place the boat in the bowl of water.
Design a boat using aluminum foil.
Tin foil boat raft design.
Build a boat out of aluminum foil and see how many marbles your boat can hold.
You can use more or less if you want.
Rip off a square of foil.
Add marbles one at a time until it sinks.
A large tub of water.
Test your design to see if it floats.
Read the book shark in the dark discuss what you know about sharks.