1. Think Tank Time
DAY 1
Think about working as an engineering team, why do you think teamwork is so important?
Write your answer on an index card.

2. Engineering Design Challenge What Floats Your Boat?
Day 1

3. Team Challenge!
Your team has been selected to be part of the first study of marine plankton in the Gulf of Mexico. An environmental group has raised funds to build a state-of-the-art research ship to explore the plankton populations and their impact on the health of our oceans.
Your challenge is to design, build, and test a prototype (model) of the ship that will carry the new technology and tools needed for this exploration.

4. Examples of Algae Algae come in endless varieties.

5. Criteria & Constraints
Criteria: The model ship must:
Float
Have the capacity to carry a minimum of one piece of imaging equipment without sinking
Constraints: You will have:
Only one square of aluminum foil that measures 12x12 cm per ship
Only 20 minutes to design and test your prototypes

6. Think Tank Time
DAY 2
Think about your work as an engineer in Day 1 of the challenge.
On an index card, list and
describe each step of the engineering design process your team has completed.

7. What Did You Learn?
How did the way you loaded your cargo affect the stability of your ships?
Did you see a pattern in your models that impacted how much equipment they could carry?

8. Exit Question
A. Write one sentence explaining why engineers need to work in teams to solve problems. B. Describe one way you used math and one way you used science in this design challenge.