Matt and I had a hard time at first deciding on how to design our plankton. The goal was to create something that would sink but not sink all the way. So we decided to create something with a flat surface. Then we took wooden popsicle sticks and broke them in half and layed them across the bottom of our surface. By adding the wooden popsicle sticks, we knew wood would float so we used this to help it float. Next we added buttons onto the top of the surface to add some weight to our plankton. Even though our plankton did not win. We were still one of the top planktons (:
(Picture taken by Mrs. Richardson)
(Picture taken by Mrs. Richardson)
I think that you guys did a really good job on creating your plankton, You can tell that ya'll put a lot of thought into how to equalize the weight of the plankton so it wouldn't sink or float but stay in the middle.
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