Students were very creative engineers. Their engineering goals were to create a boat that was buoyant and that could withstand any type of weather condition, which ended up being a fierce wind!
Monday, January 20, 2014
Tom Sawyer Boats
As you may know, Tom Sawyer ran away to a nearby island on a stolen boat. In class, we fashioned our own boats using a specific group of potential materials: milk cartons, balloons, straws, labels, cotton balls, popsicle sticks, yarn and aluminum foil.
Students were very creative engineers. Their engineering goals were to create a boat that was buoyant and that could withstand any type of weather condition, which ended up being a fierce wind!
Photos by Allison
Students were very creative engineers. Their engineering goals were to create a boat that was buoyant and that could withstand any type of weather condition, which ended up being a fierce wind!
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