About the Project

In this project, students will compete in groups of two designing, building, and floating mini metal ships. Each group is provided with two square feet of 16 gauge sheet metal and expected to build a ship. The project will involve math, measurement, blueprinting, and welding. We also include the Physics students to measure buoyancy of the ships and estimate how much weight it will hold when we float them. This project is great for team building, fabrication, and design.