{"id":479,"date":"2018-05-25T21:51:07","date_gmt":"2018-05-26T04:51:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/smithc\/?p=479"},"modified":"2020-09-10T15:47:17","modified_gmt":"2020-09-10T22:47:17","slug":"float-your-boat-district-challenge-2018-we-are-engineers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/smithc\/float-your-boat-district-challenge-2018-we-are-engineers\/","title":{"rendered":"Float Your Boat District Challenge 2018-We Are Engineers!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[metaslider id=&#8221;472&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p class=\"Normal\"><strong><span class=\"Normal__Char\">OBJECTIVES<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0<span class=\"Normal__Char\">Design and construct a boat\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"Normal__Char\">with only the supplied materials in\u00a02 1\/2hours<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"Normal\">\u00a0<span class=\"Normal__Char\">The boat should float<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"Normal\">Carry lots of weight and go fast<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span class=\"Normal__Char\">TOOLS AND MATERIALS PROVIDED:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"Normal__Char\">two 4 x 8 feet sheets of\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"Normal__Char\">1\/8 inch cardboard<\/span><\/li>\n<li>25 feet of string (8 meters)<\/li>\n<li>one<span class=\"Normal__Char\">\u00a0roll of duct tape<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"Normal__Char\">one roll of packing tape<\/span><\/li>\n<li>one<span class=\"Normal__Char\">\u00a0retractable utility knife<\/span><\/li>\n<li>one laminated sheet with specified team number (we were Team 3)<\/li>\n<li>two pencils<\/li>\n<li>one pairs of gloves<\/li>\n<li>one pair of\u00a0<span class=\"Normal__Char\">safety glasses<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"Normal__Char\">2 meter sticks<\/span><\/li>\n<li>a tape measure<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>RACE TIME<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 853px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-479-1\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/smithc\/files\/2018\/05\/boat-race.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/smithc\/files\/2018\/05\/boat-race.mp4\">http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/smithc\/files\/2018\/05\/boat-race.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>2 MINUTE WEIGHT CHALLENGE<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 427px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-479-2\" width=\"427\" height=\"240\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/smithc\/files\/2018\/05\/boat-Weight-challenge.mp4?_=2\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/smithc\/files\/2018\/05\/boat-Weight-challenge.mp4\">http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/smithc\/files\/2018\/05\/boat-Weight-challenge.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>HOW THEY DID<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>During the construction phase of this challenge the students worked cooperatively and used their creative and critical thinking skills to design and construct a well built boat.\u00a0 Together they successfully completed the 25 meter race across Kensington Pool and their boat stayed afloat for the 2 minute weight challenge at the end of the race.\u00a0 Even though they were the youngest in the competition and the first to compete, they finished in 67 seconds posting the second best time in the first round of races.\u00a0 These students did an excellent job representing Twelfth Avenue Elementary and demonstrated that with planning, focus, and teamwork you can achieve your goals. Way to go team! You were amazing and should be very proud of your performance!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[metaslider id=&#8221;472&#8243;] OBJECTIVES \u00a0Design and construct a boat\u00a0with only the supplied materials in\u00a02 1\/2hours \u00a0The boat should float Carry lots of weight and go fast TOOLS AND MATERIALS PROVIDED: two 4 x 8 feet sheets of\u00a01\/8 inch cardboard 25 feet of string (8 meters) one\u00a0roll<a href=\"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/smithc\/float-your-boat-district-challenge-2018-we-are-engineers\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8441,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2,5,9,6,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/smithc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/smithc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/smithc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/smithc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8441"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/smithc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=479"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/smithc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1719,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/smithc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479\/revisions\/1719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/smithc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/smithc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/smithc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}