chosen idea: the car boat thing

this idea was chosen because it is safe, and would be hard enough to make over two weeks, but its also not too hard to make.

materials:

• 1 motor
• batteries
• wires
• on/off switch
• 1 rubber band
• 3 wheels
• 2 popsicle sticks
• 1 metal rod
• foam
• hot glue

friday class: N/A (i cant attend)

tuesday class: make the shape of a boat with foam and carve out the planned parts where the wheels sit

thursday class: place down the spinning thing, make the propeller out of popsicle sticks at the back, and place the propeller and wheels onto the boat. plan out where the batteries and motor is going to go.

monday class: if anything is going wrong, try to problem solve, and see if the places where the electrical contraption goes is viable(the motor, batteries, wires) and connect the motor to the metal rod (the thing that has the propeller and two wheels) with the rubber band, the motor cant go into the water with the propeller, so it has to be connected with a rubber band so that it works like gears (dont stick anything together, only test wether or not it works well enough and make adjustments)

wednesday class: add the third wheel at the front of the boat, see if it floats well, problem solve if there is something wrong and stick everything together

friday last class: a class to try to fix any minor issues … insurance class