Friday, May 29th

Day 9: Boat Building-

On Friday, May 29th my classmates and I built boats out of basic materials such as cardboard, liquid nails, duct tape, a box cutter, and wood for the paddles. My team decided our approach should be one, in which we folded instead of cut. This would make our boat a lot more likely to float as opposed to cutting and gluing. So after folding the majority of our boat, we decided, in order to ensure the boat would float, it might be a good idea to make a sort of buoy with our extra sheet of cardboard. This would help in keeping it afloat. The only issue would be completely enclosing the buoy so that water won't get in. Of course, this was vital when making our boat, because obviously if water were to get in the boat would sink. We also hoped that by adding a buoy, the boat's walls would be less exposed to the water and should prevent water from seeping through. We placed the large buoy underneath the whole boat, in order to ensure an equal balance at all times, as well as making it easier for paddling due to less resistance. In the end, our boat came out relatively good. It seemed like it should work a lot better than anyone other team's boats, and also seemed as though ours was the most reliable and if we played our cards right with the buoy, ours should float for a long time.