On Friday, we had a chance to flex our engineering muscles. Students were introduced to the problem solving process as they made aluminum boats. The boats were only made up of one piece of aluminum foil 6 inches square. The students then filled the boats with pennies. The highest number of pennies that one of these boats could hold would surprise you. Mod 1 - Fluffy Unicorns: 84 Mod 2 - Blue Shirts: 61 Mod 4 - Treyco: 82 Mod 5 - Dream Team: 57 Mod 6 - Banana Pancakes: 72 Read About It
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