Tin Foil Boat Marbles

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.

Tin foil boat marbles.

Begin adding pennies for the boat s cargo. The shapes of the boats all helped to spread out the weight of the boat. Then you open up the fold edges and stand them straight up. Fold up the sides of the boat so it will not sink and hold a cargo of pennies.

A larger boat usually holds more weight than a smaller one. Materials needed metric ruler scissors 2 pieces of aluminum foil 16 cm x 13 5 cm big bowl of water 30 to 40. Aluminum foil boat experiment continued aluminum foil boat experiment was it your largest boat that could hold the most weights. Check out my tpt store for the complete stem activity challenge package.

Cut a piece of tin foil 5 x 6 inches. 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. Test your design to see if it floats. Finally you will pinch the corners together to close off the edges.

Rip off a square of foil. Read the book shark in the dark discuss what you know about sharks. Cut two squares of aluminum foil making one square have dimensions that are twice that of the other square. How much space a boat takes up can help spread out the gravity over a larger area.

You will start with a rectangular piece of foil. Place the boat in the bowl of water. Count how many marbles your boat held. Form the foil over one of your shapes.

12 x 12 aluminum foil ruler scissors pen pencil i hand folded everything. First you will need to fold in each of the edges of the foil about 1 2 inch. Then reshape your boat to see if you can get it to hold more marbles than your first try. Small weights marbles nuts bolts and washers then do this.

A large tub of water. Add marbles one at a time until it sinks. Design a boat using aluminum foil. See how many pennies your boat can carry before it sinks.

Aluminum foil heavy duty works best empty containers in different shapes such as bowls cups yogurt tubs tennis ball tubes small boxes etc. You can use more or less if you want. Whichever boat was able to support the most weight wins. Fold the two aluminum foil squares into two different boat hulls.

Remember to be gentle with your foil and dry it off between trials. Tin foil bowl scissors pennies water directions.