STEM boats!

Another fun STEM activity!  They created boats using their choice of 5 pieces of material.  They could use tape, foam plates, cups, wax paper, aluminum foil, plastic wrap, and straws.  In the morning message, they were asked to start brainstorming ideas about how boats work and what they need in order to float.  They then met with their partners to discuss their ideas and what they want to do to build their boat.  The boat needs to hold 10 pennies.  When we were seeing if they were sea worthy, we added more pennies until the boats sank.  They were impressive!  Ask your child what their boat did, and what made it finally sink.  What would they change about the design?  Bravo!  I love all of the thoughts they have when they are working on STEM activities.  They come up with amazing ideas and work well with one another.  Yay!