Aluminum Foil Boat Challenge Lab Sheet

Describe your boat designs under the data section.

Aluminum foil boat challenge lab sheet.

Aluminum foil boats. This is a simple lab to invoke thought processes. This task is a common introductory team building or instant invention activity used across many grade levels. Each student will be given aluminum foil and asked to design build a boat that will hold as many pennies as possible without sinking.

The more weight your boat holds without sinking the better the design of the boat. A prototype of an aluminum foil boat before being put into water or weight added. 2 aluminum foil squares that are 15cm by 15cm second square is for mistakes or redesigns 1 beaker or clear cup to show the aluminum foil and penny sinking at the beginning of this activity approx. Keep in mind that larger squares will make larger boats.

4 piece of tape yes that s inches 3 straws you could do without the straws but the students do come up with unique ways to use them. Fold the two aluminum foil squares into two different boat hulls. Aluminum foil cut the foil into uniform squares. Engineering try this experiment that can be used for science engineering or technology or computer science.

Build your 3 different boats. 1 fish tank or large tub that can hold the water. Understand that buoyancy is the ability of an object to float in a liquid. Make a hypothesis as to how many pennies the boat will hold in the data section.

Tub of water one 30 cm x 30 cm square of aluminum foil pennies stopwatch. Pictures of different kinds of boats consumables. Microsoft word boat challenge doc author. To learn about buoyancy forces through the designing of aluminum foil boats.

Here is a list of supplies that you need for the aluminum foil boat challenge. University of wisconsin madison. 50 pennies in a small cup a fish tank large bowl for setting boats in when filling with pennies 1 tank per class video. Cut two squares of aluminum foil making one square have dimensions that are twice that of the other square.

Obtain 3 pieces of aluminum foil. Give each person or team a square of aluminum foil. Time for kids to use their engineering skills. Then form a small boat from the aluminium foil.

1 piece of aluminum foil about 50 cm long. The foil squares can be anywhere from 4 x 4 to 12 x 12. Institute for chemical education and nanoscale science and engineering center. Introduce the design challenge.

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. Cut two 8 squares of aluminum foil for each boat. Tin foil boat challenge for kids.