{"id":10186,"date":"2022-03-15T16:12:13","date_gmt":"2022-03-15T16:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/portpatrickprimary\/?p=10186"},"modified":"2022-03-15T16:13:22","modified_gmt":"2022-03-15T16:13:22","slug":"british-science-week-streamlining-vessel-designs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/portpatrickprimary\/?p=10186","title":{"rendered":"British Science Week – Streamlining vessel designs"},"content":{"rendered":"

As part of British Science Week, Primary 5 to 7 pupils went outdoors to learn about vessel design by applying science\u00a0 Building on developing the young workforce, the children first watched a video that showed the different vessels that are used both in deep sea and coastal waters for a range of different jobs in the subsea industry.<\/p>\n

We decided to explore different bow shape designs to see if we could determine which style might be the most streamlined.\u00a0 We set up an experiment where we created a section of sea by using guttering filled with water.\u00a0 We then tied string to each of our ‘vessels’, each with a different shaped bow.<\/p>\n

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The children decided that the same person should gently pull each vessel along by the string.\u00a0 They determined that this would be a fairer test as the same person was more likely to apply the same pulling force each time, keeping the conditions as close to the same as possible for each test.<\/p>\n

We timed how long it took for each vessel to travel from one end of the guttering to the other.\u00a0 The results were as follows:<\/p>\n