Floating Trash Boats by Nicole Norman https://padlet.com/nicolenorman/ewhkgwha09uv Nicole and Katelynn en-us 2017-03-13 13:07:59 UTC 2026-01-25 10:35:25 UTC hello@padlet.com Design Challenge nicolenorman https://padlet.com/nicolenorman/ewhkgwha09uv/wish/159655940 You have been asked to research and develop a scale model of a container that the town of Buxton could use to haul trash across the Saco river. The town is looking for the container that can hold the most weight and still be able to float. You may not anchor to the container in any way. Your vessel must float for 5 seconds before any weight is added. When any part of your vessel or any of the weights touch the bottom of the container -- you're sunk! ]]> 2017-03-13 13:12:21 UTC https://padlet.com/nicolenorman/ewhkgwha09uv/wish/159655940 Criteria and Constraints nicolenorman https://padlet.com/nicolenorman/ewhkgwha09uv/wish/159656663 Criteria:
Hold the most weight without sinking
Constraints:
Can't touch the container
Can't be anchored 
Limited materials]]> 2017-03-13 13:14:03 UTC https://padlet.com/nicolenorman/ewhkgwha09uv/wish/159656663 Materials nicolenorman https://padlet.com/nicolenorman/ewhkgwha09uv/wish/159657595 (For attempt 1)
•6 sheets of plain white paper
•½ sheet of transparency
•24 inches of masking tape
(For attempt 2)
•4 sheets of paper
•1 transparency sheet
•18 inches of tape ]]> 2017-03-13 13:16:19 UTC https://padlet.com/nicolenorman/ewhkgwha09uv/wish/159657595 Attempt 1 nicolenorman https://padlet.com/nicolenorman/ewhkgwha09uv/wish/160257127 What part of the design do you feel confident about
how much weight we held 

What part are you worried about
If we can improve it without damaging the amount of weight we can hold 
Mass held: 472 grams]]> 2017-03-15 14:16:15 UTC https://padlet.com/nicolenorman/ewhkgwha09uv/wish/160257127 nicolenorman https://padlet.com/nicolenorman/ewhkgwha09uv/wish/160771600 2017-03-17 12:38:41 UTC https://padlet.com/nicolenorman/ewhkgwha09uv/wish/160771600 Prediction nicolenorman https://padlet.com/nicolenorman/ewhkgwha09uv/wish/160776531 We think ours will hold the most 
We think it is the best structured and can possibly hold the most weight

]]> 2017-03-17 12:55:30 UTC https://padlet.com/nicolenorman/ewhkgwha09uv/wish/160776531 nicolenorman https://padlet.com/nicolenorman/ewhkgwha09uv/wish/160776730 2017-03-17 12:56:15 UTC https://padlet.com/nicolenorman/ewhkgwha09uv/wish/160776730 Attempt 2 nicolenorman https://padlet.com/nicolenorman/ewhkgwha09uv/wish/160777508 2017-03-17 12:59:13 UTC https://padlet.com/nicolenorman/ewhkgwha09uv/wish/160777508 nicolenorman https://padlet.com/nicolenorman/ewhkgwha09uv/wish/160778281 Our prediction was almost correct. Our boat came in second by one gram 
Our boat worked how we thought, although it didn't hold as much weight as we thought it would ]]> 2017-03-17 13:01:50 UTC https://padlet.com/nicolenorman/ewhkgwha09uv/wish/160778281 nicolenorman https://padlet.com/nicolenorman/ewhkgwha09uv/wish/160779563 2017-03-17 13:06:02 UTC https://padlet.com/nicolenorman/ewhkgwha09uv/wish/160779563