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Assignment:Each team will be given one 30x30 centimeter sheet of aluminum foil, two 30-centimeter pieces of masking tape, and three Popsicle sticks. You are to build a penny barge, one that will hold as many pennies as possible without sinking. The rules are as follows:

Procedure: You must make a plan and sketch your design and show it to Mr. Capizzi before you can

gather materials You may use any design you like, however, the barge must float (it cannot touch the

bottom of the tub) Pennies must be placed on the barge one at a time; you are not allowed to place extra

pennies on the barge once it starts to take on water. Counting will stop once the barge starts to take on water, so if any of your pennies

get wet your turn is done.

Grading:You will be graded on two criteria:

Class participation Relate this experiment to the scientific method (Observation, Problem Statement,

Hypothesis Statement, Experiment & Data Collection, and Conclusion). In a paper you must tell me how you used the scientific method to make your barge. Some things that may help to put in your paper are: various ideas of how the barge should look, if you had many why did you choose the one that you did? It may help to include drawings, thoughts on your process of designing a boat, if you changed your plan from yesterday why, if you kept your boat relatively the same why? Explain your answers using COMPLETE SENTENCES!!!