Science: Soap Powered Boat- A STEAM Science Fair Project

Students can participate in Outschool's STEAM theme for the month of June by conducting a Soap Powered Boat experiment in this class. We will follow the steps in the scientific method and our record results on the "My Science Experiment" worksheet. Students will ask a question related to the experiment, form a hypothesis, conduct the experiment, draw a picture of their observations, record the results and form a conclusion. We will discuss the variables and brainstorm alternative variables in order to conduct the experiment again and possibly obtain different results.

PLEASE READ THIS: Help from an adult is necessary, so please be near by. (filling/refilling the tray with water, cutting the boat, holding the dish soap, writing on the observation sheet). It helps if your learner knows how to move their camera to show their work space. Otherwise, I can not see their table or what they are doing.

Materials needed: See the main image from the class listing for ideas 
1. Foam tray, index card or a piece of cardboard for the boat. Cardstock greeting cards work great!
2. Tray, bowl or cake pan filled with about 1 inch of cold water 
3. Liquid dish soap (I use a small syringe partially filled with dish soap. You can too, if you have one.)
4. Scissors, ruler, pencil
5. The "My Science Experiment" worksheet (printed before class)

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