Sinking, Sailing and Soaring: Sail Types

Science Boat Sail Experiment

By Meg & Emma

On Tuesday the 5th March Year 5 CTK made boats with different sails. Each one made it to the other end of the pool in a different amount of time. Some of the sails were made out of newspaper, plastic bag, cardboard, napkin, foil, red star fabric, garbage bag, plastic sleeve, maroon fabric, silk, red fabric, and felt.

This is a chart of how long it took to make it to the other side of the pool and what type of sail they used.

Boat	Time
Angelica, Jason  Felt	7 seconds 50 milliseconds
Christian B, Clare  Newspaper	6 seconds 25 milliseconds
Gabby N, Mikayla  Blue Silk	7 seconds 97 milliseconds
Christopher, Michael N  Garbage Bag	11 seconds
Kathleen, Luke  Red Silk	9 seconds 22 milliseconds
Georgia, Michael V  Cardboard	9 seconds 21 milliseconds
Emma, Ashleigh Red Star Fabric	5 seconds 53 milliseconds
Mahrae, Jack  Foil	6 seconds 19 milliseconds
Dylan, Gaby S Yellow Paper	6 seconds 66 milliseconds
Tracey, Charbel Napkin Boat	5 seconds 47 milliseconds
Jasmine, Lily  Plastic Sleeve	8 seconds 06 milliseconds
Meg, Sarina Plastic Bag	6 seconds 35 milliseconds
Christian E, Samuel Crimson Silk	6 seconds 47 milliseconds

All of the sails were placed in cut up milk bottles and cartons that Yr 5 have been bringing in for a week. The fastest one was Tracey and Charbel’s Paper Napkin boat. CONGRATULATIONS!