Make a Floating Boat!

Lab Brief #14

🎯 Your mission

Run the experiment. Find out what really happens.

⚡ The twist

Nature loves to surprise the careful watcher.

What you'll learn

You can make a boat from tin foil. Will it float? Add pennies to see when it sinks!

Key words

float
To stay up on top of water instead of sinking.
sink
To go down below the surface of water.

Make a hypothesis first

Before you start: write down what you think will happen, and why.

Say your guess out loud — then find out if you were right.

Get ready

🧰 What you need

aluminum foil

⚠️ Safety first

Mop up spills straight away so nobody slips, and keep liquids away from sockets.

Step 1 of 4 · Read

Say the vocabulary words out loud. Can you repeat them?

Step 2 of 4 · Do

Try to make a boat from foil that floats in water.

Step 3 of 4 · Observe

Draw a picture of what you see.

Step 4 of 4 · Record

Share what you learned with someone!

Question 1 of 2

What happens if you add too many pennies to a foil boat?

Question 2 of 2

What can you make a floating boat from?

Mind = blown

🔬 The more you look, the more nature shows you.

Nice work!

You got 0 of 2 right.

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