Wednesday's lesson saw the teams faced with the second of three boat challenges. This time they had less time (25 minutes instead of 50), 8 straws instead of 10, 10 cm of duct tape and no cup.
The 4 teams rose to the challenge and we had four boats built, the secrecy each team tried to enforce with their designs was like trying to break into Fort Knox.
The viking longship under the orders of Russell, Alex & Marty (winners of Boat Challenge 1) was launched to much fanfare and held 14 copper disks for 26 seconds before the waves claimed their prize.
The next vessel was the broad raft of Alice, Tayla, Catherine & Madi J, the vessel handled 14 disks for 26 seconds, however it slid beneath the waves up the addition of the 15 disk.
The racing barge of Chris, Lucas and Nat took to the water like the pedigree she looked and after amassing 16 disks for 28 seconds she sucumbed to the waves and sank.
The cargo super barge of Danni, Bre, Madi M & Lauren was the final vessel to be launched and her design allowed her to carry all 28 copper disks and remained afloat. Clearly the winning design of this stage of the challenge.
Stay tuned for the final installment of the Boat Challenge, it will be interesting to see the teams stepping up another gear.
The previous challenges have seen the students rise to each one with more confidence and awareness of the design process. For the next series of challenges it will be even more important they remember the initial steps in the design process.
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