LI: To create a canoe as well as a square end boat and show the results.
The above presentation is the sixth task for this week of the Summer Learning Journey that I have completed today. For this Step it up activity I started by watching the introduction video that explained the challenge, which was to create a paper canoe and square ended boat. This time we were also supposed to see if the boats were durable and tested it by adding weights to it. I watched both the video tutorials and found making the square ended boat quite challenging as it had many folds. When my boats were ready I checked there durability by adding sharpeners on them. I had a total of fifteen sharpeners and the canoe could hold all of them whereas the square ended boat could hold twelve of them. Probably the reason was because there was very less space and the end of the boat was unstable because it started to fall apart. I really enjoyed completing this activity because I tried something new and learnt how to create different types of boats as well as got a chance to improve my origami skills. I am excited to do other Summer Learning Journey Tasks.
Mōrena Sakshi,
ReplyDeleteFiona here from the Summer Learning Journey. WOW - I am very impressed by your presentation for the Step it Up Float your Boat activity! I really like how you compare the floating properties of your two boats using pencil sharpeners and explain your reasoning for your observations. I found making the square ended boat rather challenging too! Your pictures are wonderful and really helpful to see how you approached this task.
Have you ever been out on the water in a real boat or kayak? I sometimes go kayaking and I’ve noticed the fastest kayaks are the ones with a really long body and pointy ends, not square ends. I’m not sure how well each of them floats though because luckily I’ve never sunk!
You should give yourself a pat on the back for another amazing blog post. He Whetu Koe! (You’re a star!)
Mā te wā,
Fiona (SLJ).