Teams consist of a minimum of two or a maximum of three students.
Each team will be given a 15 cm x 20 cm piece of aluminum foil, a pair of scissors, and a 30 cm ruler. The boats will then be turned over to the judges. The boats will be tested by the team members to determine which one holds the most pennies before taking on water either through a leak or over the edge. Archimedes' Principle - A body fully or partially immersed in a fluid is buoyed up by a force equal to the weight of the fluid that the body displaces. The optimal boat design will depend on the thickness of the aluminum foil used.