Disclosure: We ran out of time so we didn’t get to this class. Students will now attach a mini electric motor to their foam/clay boat…
Category: Grade 5 – Boat-Themed Course
This week students will learn alternative ways to move. Students will learn about the concept of potential vs kinetic energy by making a rubber band…
Students will learn about the concept of thrust and simple chemistry. Students will make an “aquathruster” or speed boat using film canisters. Poke a small…
Last week teach about the concept of buoyancy. We can extend last week’s inquiry to be a bit deeper. Extended Inquiry Question: Can we manipulate…
We continued to reinforce the concept of buoyancy. This time we used a submarine to learn how Engineers control and manipulate buoyancy. Inquiry Questions: What…
So this week wasn’t too special. We reviewed at the beginning of class and the students got right to making foil boats. However, this time…
Students will start to learn about the concept of buoyancy. This took 4 weeks! Using aluminum foil, students will make different shapes and sizes of…
Students will make a model boat using foam or clay. The boat should resemble their favorite boat found at the naval museum, but if the…
Students will be given 3-5 minutes to present their poster to the class. Refer to week 2 for instructions. A guideline can be seen below.…
I organized a trip (led by Mr. Richard again) to our local naval museum. Of course, this can’t just be a random day to have…