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[Phys-L] Buoyancy challenge activity



Hi all!

ALUMINUM FOIL BOAT

Someone asked me for help with the following challenge pertaining to
buoyancy:

"You are given a square piece of aluminum kitchen foil. You have to
make a boat out of it. The boat that holds most number of marbles before
sinking wins."

I made one suggestion to the person but haven't got the feedback
yet...(may be he lost... hehe)

Any thoughts about it?; anyone tried it?

~ Hasan Fakhruddin
Instructor of Physics
The Indiana Academy for Science, Math, and Humanities
Ball State University
Muncie, IN 47306