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REACH FOR THE STARS Ryan Belville, Principal Linnette Claudio, Assistant Principal McAuliffe Elementary School “I touch the future. I teach.” Engineering Challenge: Watercraft Kindergarten – 2 nd Grade Your Challenge Project Design and build a boat using allowable materials that can hold a maximum number of pennies before sinking. Brainstorm & Design Look at your materials and think about the questions below. Then sketch your ideas on a piece of paper or in your science journal. 1. How will you make a boat that floats well enough to support a heavy load without sinking? 2. Should your boat be a platform (e.g., a raft or barge) or an open boat (e.g., a rowboat or canoe)? 3. What’s the best way to make your boat waterproof? Build, Test, Evaluate & Redesign Use the materials to build your boat. Then test it by floating it in a container of water and adding pennies, one at a time. When you test, your design may not work as planned. When engineers solve a problem, they try different ideas, learn from mistakes, and try again. The steps they use to arrive at a solution is called the design process. Study the problems and then redesign! Suggested Design Materials Tape (Transparent, Masking, Electrical or Duct) Glue Plastic wrap Foil Straws Cardboard Popsicle Sticks Bubble Wrap Styrofoam Pipe Cleaner Maximum Allowable Dimensions Length: 15 centimeters Width: 15 centimeters Height: 15 centimeters ***Please do not attach action figures, Lego minifigures, Shopkins, toys, etc. Challenge Project Timeline Home Design Preparation: w Monday, February 11 – Friday, March 8 Final Boat Due & Design Check: w Friday, March 8 Classroom Challenge (Top 3 Winners Selected): w Tuesday, March 12 - Thursday, March 14 Schoolwide Challenge: w Wednesday, March 20

McAuliffe Elementary School · 2/1/2018  · minifigures, Shopkins, toys, etc. Challenge Project Timeline Home Design Preparation: wMonday, February 11–Friday, March 8 Final Boat

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Page 1: McAuliffe Elementary School · 2/1/2018  · minifigures, Shopkins, toys, etc. Challenge Project Timeline Home Design Preparation: wMonday, February 11–Friday, March 8 Final Boat

REACH FOR THE STARS Ryan Belville, Principal

Linnette Claudio, Assistant Principal

McAuliffe Elementary School “I touch the future. I teach.”

EngineeringChallenge:WatercraftKindergarten–2ndGrade

Your Challenge Project

Design and build a boat using allowable materials that can hold a maximum number of pennies before sinking. Brainstorm & Design Look at your materials and think about the questions below. Then sketch your ideas on a piece of paper or in your science journal. 1. How will you make a boat that floats well enough to support a heavy load without sinking? 2. Should your boat be a platform (e.g., a raft or barge) or an open boat (e.g., a rowboat or canoe)? 3. What’s the best way to make your boat waterproof? Build, Test, Evaluate & Redesign Use the materials to build your boat. Then test it by floating it in a container of water and adding pennies, one at a time. When you test, your design may not work as planned. When engineers solve a problem, they try different ideas, learn from mistakes, and try again. The steps they use to arrive at a solution is called the design process. Study the problems and then redesign!

Suggested Design Materials

� Tape (Transparent, Masking, Electrical or Duct) � Glue � Plastic wrap � Foil � Straws � Cardboard � Popsicle Sticks � Bubble Wrap � Styrofoam � Pipe Cleaner

Maximum Allowable Dimensions

Length: 15 centimeters Width: 15 centimeters Height: 15 centimeters ***Please do not attach action figures, Lego minifigures, Shopkins, toys, etc.

Challenge Project Timeline Home Design Preparation: w Monday, February 11 – Friday, March 8 Final Boat Due & Design Check: w Friday, March 8 Classroom Challenge (Top 3 Winners Selected): w Tuesday, March 12 - Thursday, March 14 Schoolwide Challenge: w Wednesday, March 20