Float that Boat!

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Float that Boat!

Description:

We B Toys just completed their annual customer satisfaction reviews of their toy boat line. They have learned that customers have complained that their boats tend to sink. They are looking for new toy boats and are offering to purchase $1 million worth of merchandise to the company that produces the best boat. Student teams design new boats that will float and prepare proposals to market their boats.

Education Levels:

3, 4, 5

Subject:

Physical Sciences, Engineering

Resource Type:

Unit of instruction

Fee Status:

Free

Online provider:

Intel

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Keywords:

Irregular solids, Volume, Boats, Buoyancy, Liquids, Displacement, Toy designers, Density

Mediator:

Elementary school teachers

Publisher:

Intel

Is Part Of:

http://www97.intel.com/en/ProjectDesign/UnitPlanIndex/GradeIndex/

Language:

English

Subjects/Topics

P21 Subject:

Thinking and Problem Solving Skills, Science

Learning Outcomes:

Learning Outcomes:

Conforms To

Chapter 112. Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) for Science (1997)

Subchapter A. Elementary

§112.5 Knowledge and skills

(3.2) Scientific processes. The student uses scientific inquiry methods during field and laboratory investigations.

Conforms To

Chapter 112. Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) for Science (1997)

Subchapter A. Elementary

§112.6 Knowledge and skills

(4.4) Scientific processes. The student knows how to use a variety of tools and methods to conduct science inquiry.

Conforms To

Chapter 112. Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) for Science (1997)

Subchapter A. Elementary

§112.7 Knowledge and skills

(5.7) Science concepts. The student knows that matter has physical properties.

Conforms To

Chapter 112. Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) for Science (1997)

Subchapter B. Middle School

§112.23 Knowledge and skills

(7.1) Scientific processes. The student conducts field and laboratory investigations using safe, environmentally appropriate, and ethical practices.

Conforms To

Chapter 112. Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) for Science (1997)

Subchapter A. Elementary

§112.7 Knowledge and skills

(5.3) Scientific processes. The student uses critical thinking and scientific problem solving to make informed decisions.

This data provided by the Achievement Standards Network

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