Cardboard Boats Achievements: Team Elite Four

Brainstorm:
1. Pointed Curve
2. V-shaped Bottom
3. Double-layered bottom
4. Make paddle for man in boat
5. Make air pockets in duct-tape to increase floatation in boata
6. Support frames in the boat to hold up the walls
7. Two holes in the sidesw for rows
8. Decrease the size of boat to have bigger support
9. Box shape of the boat to have or man's weight evenly distributed throughout the surface of the boat
10. use boat's slide flaps to attach the walls

Criteria & Constraints:
Criteria: Build a boat with cardboard
Constraints: Only use cardboard and duck tape, Have it support at least 1 person's weight, Make it be able to move

Sketch Ideas:

Surface Area:

The Surface area of our boat was 952 inches exact. So when we divide that total by 12, we got 79.33 feet. So the surface area of our boat is about 80 feet. So this means that we can cover the whole boat in duct tape and have enough left over duct tape for a paddle.

Select an Approach:

Rectangle form w/ pointed front = Approach. We chose to do this because we feel that the rectangle body will be able to support our pilot's weight the best and the pointed front will help move in the water better. This will be hard to complete in the time frame given but we have a feeling we can do it.

Build It!

The Early Bird Get the Achievement!

Feedback

 +: Fun activity, Let us use hands on approach towards learning, Nice way to get away from stresses of class

changes: Give us more time if possible to perfect our designs

?: What would the perfect design for an activity like this be? How would we make our boat go faster?
!: Gave us the required materials to make it work, Let us have fun, Let us learn and made it happen in a exciting way, Became a very nice friendly competition

How Low Did You Go?
Our boat lasted 3 lengths of the pool. It was very sup rising at how short our boats life in the water lasted because we thought our design would last the longest out of all the groups. In a cubic foot, water weights around 62.5 pounds. Our pilot weighed roughly around 110 pounds. Since he weighed more than 1 cubic foot of water, we had to distribute the weight of the boat so it wouldn't sink, but when our pilot got in, we couldn't distribute his weight enough to where the boat didn't sink.

Redesign
If we were to do this again next semester, I would try to go with a pointed design on the front of the boat and go for a rectangular shape for the body of the boat. I saw that a design like that worked the best out of all the boats so that is why I would choose something similar to it if we did this again.

Make your own achievements:
One Man Pilot: Be the only team with one person piloting your boat in the water