Sailing Kit
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Subjects
This is a comprehensive lesson plan on sailing - the history of sailing, parts of a sailboat, the physics of floating, wind, physics of sails, keeling and modern sails. The kit also includes an activity where students make a sailboat and hold a regatta.
What You Need
- Mast: straws
- Sails: cloth
- Battons: toothpicks
- Hull: Milk carton
- Keel: paper clip wrapped in tin foil
- Weights: pennies
- Lake: Two large buckets
- Wind: Fans
Guide:
Presentation
Safety Notes
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What To Do
Procedure
- Create a sailboat with the materials - Be aware of Stability, Weight, Length of Hull, Width of Hull, Size and Shape of Sails Number of Sails.
- After team has created sailboat it is time to race the boats.
Regatta set up:
- Two large buckets side by side filled with water.
- Fans on same end of table.
- Place sail boats at end hold on until start is called.
