Surviving the Titanic

Scenario – Your team’s job is to design and construct a cardboard boat which will be propelled by one of your team the length of the Herington municipalSwimming pool.

Materials – 40 square feet of one ply uncoated cardboard. ( No waved or coatedcardboard)1 roll of duct tape

Timeline :Research, design, and construction will be completed by Aug 31, 2010.

Boats will be raced on Wednesday, Sept 1, 2010.

Final reports / results will be due on Friday, September 3, 2010.

Surviving the Titanic

Report will have a cover sheet with team member names and team name.

Report will include:

a problem definitionPreliminary dataMass of each team memberVolume of water displaced by each person on team calculation

State which team member will race and reasoning behind selection

Drawing of boat design, dimensions and parts of craft labeledScale model of your boat (1 per team).Give the name of your boat.

Surviving the Titanic

Report continued.

Document assembly guide / instructions (how-to)

AnalysisWhat worked well with details.What did not work well with details.Three things you saw other teams do that were effective. Explain why did they work.Explain how you calculate the speed of the boat.Show speed calculations

Summarize the performance of your boat.

Explain how buoyancy and density are related.

Surviving the Titanic

Report continued.

Evaluate your performance on the project (0-5)Evaluate your teammate’s individual performances (0-5)0 – Worked against the team1 – No help2 – Provided help only when asked3 – Supportive at times but not always4 – Strong voluntary support provide during the entire project5 – Took charge of key areas to project completion

What did you enjoy about the project?

What would you change for next year?

What do you think your final grade should be for this project and why?