Summary: Design a clay object that will hold as much weight as possible without sinking!

Each student uses a small quantity of modeling clay to make a boat that will float in a tub of water. The object is to build a boat that will hold as much weight as possible without sinking. In the process of designing and testing their boats, students discover some of the basic principles of boat design and gain first-hand experience with concepts such as buoyancy and density.

Iowa Common Core Standard(s): MS-ETS1-1-3