Cardboard Regatta and Calculus

The students at Waubonsie Valley High used their Calculus III skills and some creativity in their schools pool  to make their cardboard boats.  To see the article click here.  I also posted in March 2014 another article about cardboard canoes.  To see that article click here. 

Cardboard Canoe Contest

Two high schools in the Wilkes-Barre Area School District in Pennsylvania recently challenged students in geometry classes to design canoes using cardboard, duct tape and wrapping paper. Students then tested their canoes in a swimming pool. About 90 students participated in the project. Math teacher Jenifer Kemmerer said the assignment helped students apply what they've learned in class to a hands-on project outside the classroom.  To see the article click here.  Seeing that our school has a pool that is not being used much maybe a math or science class might be able to fit this into their course and use our pool before it gets mothballed and used to store old desks like another school in our board.  I am sure your students would learn some and have fun doing it.