Sail Car Activities 1 and 2: Relationship Between Sail Area and Sailing Distance

Take Out:

• PENCIL
• CALCULATOR
• Motivator on Clipboard!
• Clear Desk of Everything Else!

Classwork: (80min)

• Construct sail car according to blue print. Test in hall.
• FAHY/OAKLEY: Discuss lab and computing surface area.
• Test the effect of increasing sail area on sailing distance.
• FAHY/OAKLEY: Discuss design goals and regular geometric shapes.
• Design sails of regular geometric shapes.

Homework:

• Sketch 4 possible sail design on graph paper. Show with dotted lines how they are a combination of regular geometric shapes. Think about how they will be supported.