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It's a Boat Time! - A STEAM challenge in buoyancy, design, and teamwork.
In this hands-on STEM challenge, 4th grade students work in pairs to design tin foil boats that can carry the most marbles before sinking. After predicting their vessel’s load capacity and recording key design choices, students observe as each boat is publicly tested in a fun, high-stakes “sink or float” showdown. Results are shared and analyzed as a class to uncover what makes an effective design. Throughout the activity, students engage in teamwork, measurement, data recording, and scientific
4th
Engineering, General Science
CCSS, NGSS
4.MD.A.1
, MP2
, MP5
+1
NEWTON’S LAW OF UNIVERSAL GRAVITATION: gravitational force mass distance, planet
NEWTON’S LAW OF UNIVERSAL GRAVITATION: gravitational force mass distance, planetary orbits Kepler, gravitational potential energy, space travel trajectories, Newton vs Einstein relativity reading comprehension passages. Why do apples fall but satellites soar, could you hurl a cannonball hard enough to loop Earth forever? Students uncover how massive planets yank moons into endless dances, spacecraft pirouette around Jupiter for free speed boosts, and black holes shred light itself. They explore
5th - 8th
Engineering, Physical Science, Physics
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