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BOAT DESIGN

AN AQUATIC ENGINEERING CHALLENGE
Photo by jojo nicdao
2.

THE PROBLEM

  • Transport cookies over 1,400 miles down Mississippi River.
  • Companies Largest Barge was damaged in a storm.
  • Replace with a watercraft that will support the most boxes of cookies.
Photo by Bill Alden
3.

THE CHALLENGE

  • A representative from the Mississippi Cookie Company has contacted you to design a model of a boat that will support enough weight to transport their cookies from Minneapolis to New Orleans.
Photo by EEngler
4.

THE mATERIALS

  • Popsicle sticks
  • Aluminum foil
  • Glue
  • Straws
  • Paper
  • Masking tape
  • Pennies = the mass (cookies)
Photo by Paul B. (Halifax)
5.

THE COST

  • Lumber (popsicle sticks) 5
  • Sheet Metal (alum. foil) 30cmx30cm
  • Welding Materials (glue)
  • Reinforcements (plastic straws) 4
  • Cable/Rope (masking tape) 1 m
Photo by Aidan Bartos
6.

BRAINSTORM

  • What design do you think would be best for this challenge?
Photo by Wi2_Photography
7.

DESIGN

  • Sketch your boat design and brainstorm some ways that might make it strong enough to support the most weight and most economic to build.
Photo by chuttersnap
8.

BUILD

  • Build your model and test.
  • Redesign and test it to see if you will get the job!
Photo by Fancy Crave
9.

HAVE FUN!

Photo by Nasir Khan Saikat

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