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My connection is that we both had projects that included floating something in water.

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Did you only have a limited time to build your final project? How long?

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Both of our projects involved saving people and helping injuries.

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Yes. We had two weeks to design and build. One week for our prototype and another week for our big boat.

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I made the connection that our project focused on PFD for people and 5th created boats for safety for floods.

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How did the water bottles under the boats not crush?

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Did you have limited materials? Or a certain amount?

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How did you figure the measurements for the bigger boat?

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I liked all of the different colors and designs!

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We had to scale up from the prototype's measurements. Scaling is making something bigger by using multiplication.

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Did you have a budget?

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I liked how they looked at us while they were talking.

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I like the prototype models.

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Why did you use so many pool noodles?

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What exact date did you start and finish?

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I noticed that the maximum amount of people that would fit was 5 3rd graders.

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Did you have a budget for the boat? If so, what was it?

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Why did you spray paint the boat? Was it beneficial?

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Why did you choose the design that you did?

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How did you think of the idea that you chose?

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Mrs. Ballard's class explaining the materials they used.

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Answering a third grade question about how they made their boat better after testing it.

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Discussing some of the problems they encountered when building their prototype.

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I made the connection that both 5th grade and 3rd made devices to help people in a flood.

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Prototype

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Fifth grade presenting their marketing poster for their boat

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Presenting materials used and the difficulties

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Showing Mrs. Harris' class their prototype and answering questions for them.

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How long did you have from the beginning to the end of your project?

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Both of our projects have to do with floating in water. -Kush and Bola

They were also both for saving people in floods. - Finn

In both tests, we had to add materials for support - Charlie

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One connection that I made is that one group talked about how a part of their mini boat was 20 inches squared. We talked about that in our class when we were learning area.

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A connection that I have is that we were trying to make a life vest (personal floatation device) and you were trying to make a life boat.

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Both third grade and fifth grade focused on natural disasters and saving someone from the disaster.

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Why did most groups pick pentagon shapes? Was there a reason you picked that specific shape?

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Why were the bigger models different than the smaller ones? Did something make you want to change the bigger one once you tested the smaller one?

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Why do you have jobs in your groups? How did they help or not help your groups?

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If you could do this project again, how would you redesign your boat?

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Connection: We were both making a flotation device!

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Connection: We both used household items to build our projects.

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I wonder if you could test it in the ocean instead of the creek.

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Why did you use milk jugs and coffee creamer jugs?

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Why did you pick carboard? Will it float? What else could you have used to build the boat?

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What inspired the names of your boats?

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We picked a pentagon shape so you could tell front from back and it would have more air resistance.

-Allie

The goal was for the models to be the same as the bigger boat/

The jobs helped us determine who would do what and we all had different things to do.

-Dezmond

The jobs helped spread us out so there were some working on the boat, some on the poster, and some on the essay.

-Emma Grace

I think without the jobs everyone would have tried to work on construction so it helped organize everything.

-Jameson

We would make it more canoe shaped and smaller because it was hard to build.

-Bella

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How many pool noodles did you use?

Bea-Different teams used different amounts, but there was a limit of 5 that could be used.

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Why did you add the milk jugs?

Berlyn-Milk jugs increased buoyancy.

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How do you steer the boat?

Owen-Our team had a paddle, but the criteria was that the boat had to be pushed or pulled with a rope.

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How do the boats not sink?

Nik-We waterproofed the cardboard with duct tape.

Eric-We used several layers of cardboard.

Bea-We used enough materials that helped with flotation so the boats wouldn't sink. However, some boats did sink.

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How long did it take you to build?

Bradley-We had 5 days to build our prototype.

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Did you have a budget?

Ben-We did not have a budget, but we had to provide our own materials.

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What was the easiest part of building your boat?

Bradley-Getting the materials.

Owen-Layering the tape.

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What was the hardest problem to solve?

Bea-Deciding who got the materials.

Nik-Not having enough materials.

Mrs. Pace-I noticed the hardest part for the groups was working together and being accepting of other people's ideas.

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They are building things that help people in a flood and so are we!

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What did you put on the bottom to make sure it will float?

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What did you put on the bottom to make sure it will float?