Have some friends over and try.
Tin foil boat marbles.
Using only 1 sheet of aluminum foil design a boat that is capable of holding the most pennies possible without sinking.
Materials needed metric ruler scissors 2 pieces of aluminum foil 16 cm x 13 5 cm big bowl of water 30 to 40 marbles towel.
Fold the two aluminum foil squares into two different boat hulls.
Whichever boat was able to support the most weight wins.
Place the boat in the bowl of water.
1 sheet of aluminum foil that is 12 inches x 18 inches a container like a sink tub or bucket to float your boat in enough water to fill the container with at least 5 inches of water approximately 50 pennies or marbles.
Tin foil boat raft design you will start with a rectangular piece of foil.
Remember to be gentle with your foil and dry it off between trials.
Directions cut a piece of tin foil 5 x 6 inches.
First you will need to fold in each of the edges of the foil about 1 2 inch.
Then reshape your boat to see if you can get it to hold more marbles than your first try.
Build a boat out of aluminum foil and see how many marbles your boat can hold.
For example you could make one square be 12 inches by 12 inches or 30 centimeters cm by 30 cm and make the second square be 6 inches by 6 inches or 15 cm by 15 cm.
Although you still want edges to hold the pennies you want to try to cover as much space as.
Then you open up the fold edges and stand them straight up.
How to construct a boat out of a 12 x 12 aluminum foil.
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See how many pennies your boat can carry before it sinks.
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Many moons ago when i was in high school my english teacher gave us an assignment to try and build a boat out of two sheets of aluminum foil that were each 2 square feet in area 1 x2.
Begin adding pennies for the boat s cargo.
Cut two squares of aluminum foil making one square have dimensions that are twice that of the other square.
Step 2 fold the top two corners over by 3 inches touching the top edges together.
Cut a sheet of aluminum foil into a rectangle using scissors to measure 8 inches long by 6 inches wide.
The best design for an aluminum foil boat would be to try to make it cover as much area as possible.