Keep one's dream of becoming an engineer afloat. Learners apply the engineering design process to build a boat out of aluminum foil. They start with a square boat, then consider whether boats of different shapes would be able to hold more weight.

Concepts

engineering design, buoyancy, boats, technology resources

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Instructional Ideas

• If weather permits, take pupils outside to test their boats
  

Classroom Considerations

• A sheet of aluminum foil and some uniform weights are necessary
• Requires an area in which water spillage would not be a concern
  

• This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

• Provides a link to another video of interest
• Directions have pictures that show each step
  

Cons

• None