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Use common materials to explore buoyancy and power! Design a working electric motor boat with this activity. Find your hull in the recycling bin (milk jug, foam tray, pool noodles, etc.). Add the motor, propeller and other components. Set it in the water and watch it go. Learn through experimentation and tinkering. Evolve your boat through the engineering design process. This activity features Mini Hub Assemblies that allow you to create unique propellers by changing blade shape, angle and number.
This educational product pairs well with the Chapter 1 activity featured in and is suitable for all ages, however youth 12 and under may require adult supervision.
| Go Guide: | Give it to your students and go! This is the essential document to get students started with Build-A-Boat, and it culminates in the Speed Boat Challenge. |
| Propeller Design Lab: | Create an experiment to investigate the variables that affect propeller design, then use the results to build a better boat! Ages 8 . |
| Go Guide: | Build the fastest boat! Or design it to carry the most weight, deliver a package, or hit a target! See the Go Guide documents for challenge instructions. |
| Engineering Notebook: | Available at two different learning levels, Engineering Notebooks are designed to help students cycle through the Design & Engineering Process and help them innovate and invent new designs. Use an Engineering Notebook page for each iteration of design. We recommend keeping extra copies of this on-hand for kids during activities. |
| STEAM Market-It Challenge: | Add the STEAM Market-It Challenge to any completed activity to teach students how to turn their design into a retail product. Students will learn the 4 'Ps' of marketing - Product, Placement, Price and Promotion. Students have the option of completing a commercial, a billboard or retail packaging as a summative assessment. |
| Engineering Notebooks: | Available at two different learning levels, Engineering Notebooks are designed to help students cycle through the Design & Engineering Process and help them innovate and invent new designs. Use an Engineering Notebook page for each iteration of design. We recommend keeping extra copies of this on-hand for kids during activities. |
This is an educational product and not a toy. It is intended for use by ages 6 and above with adult supervision.
| NGSS Standards Spreadsheet: | NGSS standards matrix for all activities. |
| ITEEA Standards Spreadsheet: | ITEEA standards matrix for all activities. |
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