Making a Boat that Floats!

We had so much fun yesterday when we made boats in class. We used a bottle lid, a stick, play dough and some paper. Everyone thought this would be so easy. However, then we tested them out and many of us were so surprised to see that our boats actually sank. What would we do? After lots of modifying, we changed our design and Lauchlan was the first to float his boat. Well done Lauchlan. Soon after, we had many more successes. We learned lots about the need for balance. We also did a lot of work on our "negotiation" skills!

 Well done Room 6. It was so good to see you all thoroughly engaged in your learning. Let's see if you can apply what you have learned so far when we build our cardboard boats for the pool in week 8. I have a feeling some of you may get wet rather quickly! Great work