Primary 6 and Primary 6/7  learned about the properties of materials in Science and took part in a challenge to design and  build a boat from foil that could hold the largest number of marbles without sinking.

First, they  designed their own boats to test made from paper and tested these in their groups to see which design would work the best when made from aluminium foil. When each group had found the best design it was then made into a foil boat. Then all the groups came together for a final testing of their foil boats to find the best design. They recorded their results in tables and the best boat design was revealed.