Read the book shark in the dark discuss what you know about sharks.
Tin foil boat marbles.
You will start with a rectangular piece of foil.
Place the boat in the bowl of water.
How much space a boat takes up can help spread out the gravity over a larger area.
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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.
Fold up the sides of the boat so it will not sink and hold a cargo of pennies.
Small weights marbles nuts bolts and washers then do this.
Count how many marbles your boat held.
Introduce the challenge how many marbles can you rescue from the shark.
Add marbles one at a time until it sinks.
First you will need to fold in each of the edges of the foil about 1 2 inch.
You can use more or less if you want.
A large tub of water.
Fold the two aluminum foil squares into two different boat hulls.
Build a boat out of aluminum foil and see how many marbles your boat can hold.
12 x 12 aluminum foil ruler scissors pen pencil i hand folded everything.
Tin foil boat raft design.
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.
Then you open up the fold edges and stand them straight up.
Aluminum foil heavy duty works best empty containers in different shapes such as bowls cups yogurt tubs tennis ball tubes small boxes etc.
A larger boat usually holds more weight than a smaller one.
Form the foil over one of your shapes.
Test your design to see if it floats.
Cut two squares of aluminum foil making one square have dimensions that are twice that of the other square.
See how many pennies your boat can carry before it sinks.
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.
Rip off a square of foil.
Design a boat using aluminum foil.
Remember to be gentle with your foil and dry it off between trials.
Whichever boat was able to support the most weight wins.
Cut a piece of tin foil 5 x 6 inches.
The shapes of the boats all helped to spread out the weight of the boat.
Tin foil bowl scissors pennies water directions.