Shipwrecked

Can you and your class or group survive on a deserted island?
Working in small teams, students design, build, and test solutions to survive on a deserted island.

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Shipwrecked

subject

Engineering and Invention: Structures

age range

, ,

duration

materials

  • Wooden Crate (purchased from AC Moore or Michaels, could use a bag instead)

  • Assorted Materials (whatever you have around – below is what we use but feel free to substitute items. Most were purchased at the $1 store)

  • Shower Curtain

  • Scrap of fabric

  • Plastic Sand Toys

  • Piece of aluminum foil

  • Ice cube tray

  • Bungee cords

  • Lengths of rope

  • Fresnel lens

  • Clothes pins

  • Coconuts

  • “Map” of island (hand-drawn, treasure-like map)

safety issues

keywords

repurposing materials, engineering, design, outdoors, indoors, young learners

source

Museum of Science, Boston