Boat Project Wiki

This is an in-class partner project.  Like the Rubber Band Project and Balloon Car Project, one of the goals of this project is to enable you with the tools and experience to be successful conducting a good science experiment. Topic focuses are: What makes a good experiment, writing good experiment procedures, data collection, data analysis, data representation (data tables and graphs), scientific method, volume, density, mass, and buoyant force. The questions we will be attempting to answer as a class is: Which boat design has the greatest buoyant force and Which boat design will be the most efficient? The most challenging aspect of this experiment is collaborating and working with others. Groups who do good work together usually make the best boats. The next largest challenge is the actual construction of your group’s boat. You will need to be patient, careful, and attentive to detail. At the end of the project, every partnership will create a Wiki.  Your group will be shared a Boat Project Packet via Google Docs.  Make sure to finish the Packet in Google Docs first before transferring it to the Wiki.  Click HERE to go to the Boat Project WebPage for more information.

Wiki Requirements:

1. Front Page:

• Name of your Boat
• The name of everyone in your group - Only your first name
• All pictures of your boat
• Describe the design of your boat
  • What materials were used?
  • What shape is it?
  • Where did you place the materials?
• What was the buoyant force of your boat?
• Was your boat average, above average, or below the class average?
• Embed the movie that you and your group created.  See the Boat project packet for instructions on the requirements for what the movie needs to include.

2. Side Bar: 

• Copy and Paste the ENTIRE Side Bar from Mr. Ozeni's Boat Project Wiki, which includes the "Table of Contents" and the "Quick Links" into your group's side bar

• Remember, every page in your Wiki should be one click away.

Project Objectives:

• To design and build a boat that has the greatest buoyant force.
• To design and conduct an experiment using the scientific method, which we leaned in the first unit
• Use the knowledge of Mass, Volume, Density, and Buoyant Force to build a boat.
• Use Technology to enhance the project.
• Create a Boat Project Wiki

Student Boat Project Wikis: