jcookie515
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So school just started, and our first science project is making a boat out of cardboard and paddling across the pool in it. Hopefully without sinking. Me, being the lightest kid in my group, am getting stuck in the boat. I really don't want it to sink, so I need help figuring out how big to make the boat. We get 2 huge cardboard boxes, and 1 roll of duct tape. That's it. Just 1 roll. I'm mad about that. But anyway, I weigh a little less than 100 pounds, and I'm not sure how much the boat is going to weigh once we build it. How much surface area are we going to need to displace the water so I float? And any tips on what shape to make the boat, how deep it should be, and how to strategically use my duct tape? Thanks for everything!