Cardboard Boat Regatta- Team Performance Peer Review (To Be Submitted Using Your WordPress Account or Emailed to Me at mokroy@waw.misd.net )

Directions: Below you will be reviewing yourself as well as EACH of your group members for the entire boat building and racing process.  You will score each member of your group on a 0-5 scale, with 5 being the highest.  After you score each member, I want you to describe their role for each of the components. PLEASE BE HONEST and INCLUDE ALL INFO YOU WOULD LIKE TO TELL ME. – Thanks J

	Researched Ideas to Construct the Boat	Assisted in Developing the Boat Prototype	Construction of the Boat (Collected Materials)	Construction of the Boat (Building)	Delivery of the Boat (Timing and Drop-Off)	Developing a Team Theme	Race Day Behavior/ Etiquette
Your Name: Collin Neill	Nothing	Contributed by cut the pieces of the boat that needed to be cut	Brought cardboard from my work to my house for the boat. Bought duck tape.	There for 3 of the days. Due to work	N/a	We all just went with Munity on my Poopdeck because we couldn’t think of anything.	Cheered on my team
Member One: Danielle Zinske	Nothing	Did some of the taping on the boat. Measured most of the cardboard.	Got some of the duck tape for the boat.	There for all the days besides 1 (Due to work)	The one who got it to the school on time and showed up on time.		In the boat rowing very sad looking.
Member Two: Grant Kenyon	Nothing	Made most of the bottom of them boat. Did most of the cutting for the curve at the bottom.	Chipped in for the duck tape.	There everyday we were suppose to work on it.	n/a		Cheering on our boat really hype.
Member Three: Saman Najeeb	Looked up online on google to get the idea for our boat design.	Did a lot of talking and got a lot of the cardboard	Got most of the cardboard.	There everyday we were suppose to work on it	Was there to deliver the boat.		Cheering on the people in the boat
Member Four: Kyle Anger	Nothing	Did a lot of patching on the boat with the duck tape.	Got a lot of duck tap from his house.	There for most of the day. (Due to work)	n/a		Boat rowing very dressed up for the regatta.
Member 5:

Any Additional Information You Would Like to Tell Me:

 

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                                                            Cardboard Boat Regatta- Reflection                (To Be Submitted Using Your WordPress Account or Emailed to Me at mokroy@waw.misd.net )

Directions: For the regatta reflection, I would like you to type your response to each question.  When responding to each question, please be descriptive and include observations and/or details from your own experiences or experiences from other groups who participated in the regatta.

1. Identify four reasons why a cardboard boat would sink or flip during the race.

• The bottom was curved so if it was unbalanced it could have flipped
• Could have sinked because we could have missed a couple of spots to tape.
• Could have flipped because of them moving ‘
• Could of sinked if it was to flip due to the rowers doing an error

1. How would you construct a boat that was sure not to sink? Note-Cheating is not a valid option.
2. We basically created a boat that didn’t sink because of how many layers of cardboard we put on there and we made sure every where was tapped to where there would be no leaks.
3. How would you have modified your boat design? Would you focus on stability? Would you focus on ease of maneuvering? Both? Explain in detail the improvements you could have made to your boat. I wouldn’t have wanted to change my boat at all besides one person that was paddling. I think that our boat was a really stabled boat.
4. After observing various groups during the regatta, what did you perceive as the best rowing technique? Why did you choose this technique? The best rowing technique was have two people row on different sides and then switch sides when the boat starts to move the opposite way of the finish line.
5. After observing various groups, identify and rank the four most important components to building a stable boat that is easy to maneuver.

• Put more than just one layer of cardboard
• Make the sides not too high to let them row without a struggle
• Duck tape all the creases in the boat to where no water gets in to make the boat soggy
• Don’t make the boat too small

1. After observing various groups, what do you believe was the best overall boat design? Why did you choose this design? The best boat design was my group (Munity on my Poopdeck) because we put a lot of time in the front to make it look like an actual boat.
2. What advice do you have for future students who will be participating in the physics cardboard boat regatta? Advice can be in the form of building tips, building materials, time to prepare, delivery, teamwork, paddling technique, etc. Please be thorough and include observations from your own group’s experiences as well as what you observed from other groups. Don’t blow this off if you take your time and put the effort into and use your brain it should come out to be a good boat.
3. What advice do you have for me, the teacher, to improve this event for the future? Advice can be about the building process, race day events, teamwork ideas, etc. Please be thorough and include why you feel these suggestions would improve the event. I’m going to be straight honest with you I don’t have any advice you did a good job this year with explaining it and getting it set up.

                                                           

Reflection

1. Kyle, Grant, Saman, and I helped with everything we didn’t really have assigned jobs because when we had to cut the wood we would have to hold down the board cutter to keep it steady to have a good cut. Danielle did a good job painting the catapult.
2. – We got the wood, cotter pin, screws, drill, saw, and measuring tape from my dads garage
– We measured the wood to see where we had to cut the wood at to make the catapult steady
– got ply wood for the base of the catapult
– built it
– Tested the marshmallow shooting by measuring out 5 meters from the base of the catapult
3. 4.83+5+5= 14.8/3= 4.9 yes the marshmallow had some roll
4. 1.14+1.24+1.28= 3.66/3= 1.22
5. If we were to use a bigger marshmallow we would have to change the cap to hold the bigger Marshmallow and add a little more weight
6. We used the smallest marshmallow
7. If we had to go more distance with shooting off the catapult we would have more weight to make it go further.
8.We would have to put less than a 1000 grams to make it shoot shorter.
9. To be complete honest I would not make a single change to our catapult because of how great it shot and worked. I really loved the way we built it and how perfect it shot with a marshmallow.