Aluminum Boat Challenge - Unit 1 - Distance Learning

[achan]

I used the Tower Challenge last year. Here’s my revised lesson for this coming virtual year.

U1L1 - Alternative ideas for distance learning?

I used the Tower Challenge last year. This year I am increasing the time to 15 seconds and the height to 2" from the surface because many groups were easily able to hold up at least 2 textbooks for well over 5 seconds. Each group (or each student depending if the individual has printer paper at home) will need only 2 sheets of printer paper. Since I will be teaching virtually, I also want to be sure my students will go through each iteration fully so I split the document into 2 parts- will no…