Tuesday May 10 our Stem Science class went to German Ridge Lake to try out or cardboard boats that we have been making for the last few weeks. Logan and I went with the barge approach where we used two rows of boxes taped together to be 8 feet long. We would then sit on top of our boat instead of inside of it. We used our first row of duct tape to hold our boxes together then used our second row to line the whole bottom of our boat. There were multiple different designs of boats from canoes to bathtub style (which won). So on race day we started at one side of the beach and timed to see how long it took to get to the other side, but there was no need because only one boat made it! So Logan and I were the last ones to go, we put “Fracasar” into the water and climbed on board. It wasn't but a few seconds later when i found myself upside down totally submerged by the water…. Our boat had flipped. We quickly flipped the boat right side up and tried to climb on again but, it flipped. We tried this for about 4 times but could not keep our balance. Although I do have to say that our boat did stay floating, it just didn't have the stability. If we were redesigning we would add another row of boxes to make it wider. I guess that our boat lived up to its name “Fracasar” which is to fail in spanish! After we cleaned up our soggy boats and ate some lunch we went for a little hike around the lake. We spotted two snakes that looked the same but nobody could identify them, but after some research I have concluded that they were black races. Which are a velvet black color with white on their nose and throat. All and all it was a fun day learning some science.
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