Boat Building

 

Kaedyn, Drew and Kyte showed their boats, built at home as part of the PRIDE home learning challenge (creative section). They spoke to the class about the materials they used and how their boat was constructed. Then it was over to the pool to try them out. The weather was very calm. There was hardly a breeze. 

Drew had a large sail area which caught any small amount of wind and moved across the pool. Kyte had a smaller material sail which caught some wind. Kaedyn's boat used an inflated balloon to propel it forward. Unfortunately, the hot glue didn't hold the tube and the balloon took off on it's own without the hull of his boat. He is going to re-attach this and try again some other day.

We are looking forward to a regatta when swimming finishes in the pool (14th March).

Hopefully, there will be a whole lot more boats to watch!