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Transportation Systems: Two Liter Boat Activity

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Students design and build full-size boats made out of two-liter plastic bottles, chicken wire, and plywood. Then they race the boats, with the boat's designers "manning the hull", in the school's swimming pool.

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9th - 12th
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Science
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21 days
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