• The Fastest - Awarded to the first team to reach the far side (25yds) we placed second in the race
• The Farthest - Awarded to the team that can travel the furthest (laps) our canoe lasted by far the longest.
• The Longest - Awarded to the team with the watercraft that floats the longest (multiple teams may be awarded this achievement if multiple boats remain afloat at the end of our competition period). we stayed afloat nearly twice as long as every other canoe
Design Achievements:• Define the Problem and Brainstorm Solutions - the problem we have is making a boat out of cardboard.
staple boat together
cover boat with pancho
duct tape whole boat
make a flat bottom boat
v shaped boat
boat that is longer then is wide
put smallest person in boat
duct tape inside of boat
give boat a sweet name
motor boat
add a sail
make it a submarine
give it a hemi
make it padde boat
make boat out of spponge
make like a surf board
make like a boogieboard
these are the stketches prototypes and finished product of our canoe.
• Criteria & Constraints - we must consturct a working canoe out of cardboard. Reflection Achievements:
• Feedback - Generate ten items of feedback for your effort (from the design/build process and/or the actual product). Make sure you include at least one item of feedaback in each of our four feedback areas (+, change, ?, !)
• How Low Did You Go? - How low in the water did your canoe sit (roughly)? Was it suprising how little your boat went down in the water? What is the unit weight of water in pounds? How much did your pilot weigh (roughly)? Use math to help explain the depth that your boat sat in the water.
• Redesign - If we were to do another Carboard Canoe race next semester, what would you build? Draw from everything you experienced in your class and propose the most competative solution. Include a sketch with key features and dimensions labeled.
• (Make Your Own Achievement) - Make an achievement of your own design that you can award yourself for something awesome your team did. (Example "Transformer" - although our canoe sunk, our team was able to convert it into a surfboard style design and continue competeting!) - Build your watercraft. Document it with a presentable photo.- Draw 3 different sketches for possible designs. Label at least 3 key features for each sketch. Describe the feature's functionality so a viewer understands why the called out feature is important.
