This week in science to study potential and kinetic energy we created a moving boat using 2 rubber bands, 5 popsicle sticks, cardboard, 24 inches of tape, and 4 paper clips. To create the boat we went through the engineering design process, which is shown below.

My original boat:  

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My original design is….

a sailboat. pocicle sticks on bottom, tape cardboard sail.

I believe my original design will allow the boat to stay afloat and move through the water because…

it does not

When I put my boat in the water tub this is what happened:

sunk

The changes I am going to make to improve my boat design are…

to make the weight more even

My re-built boat: IMG_20181205_122652.jpg-100etd4

I believe my new design will allow the boat to stay afloat and move through the water better because…

the weight is very even

When I put my newly designed boat in the water tub this is what happened….

it succeeded.

Some more improvements I could make to my boat are….

none

This challenge was comfortable because…

We ended up succeeding.

This challenge was difficult because…

We failed a lot before.

This taught me about potential and kinetic energy because…

sometimes balance is everything.

Sincerely,

msteigmann