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Video: Racing cardboard kayaks in the name of science
Updated Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - 1:07pm
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Eighth graders at P.S. duPont Middle School see if their scientific theories hold water.
WDEL's Mellany Armstrong reports.
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Nearly two dozen cardboard kayaks raced across the pool in the school's second Cardboard Boat Regatta.
Hewitt Hallberg of Team Boat describes his creation.
"We used three, no, two and a half rolls of duct tape, plastic material and zip ties to hold it together," he said.
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STEM teacher John Singer says the kids learn Archimedes principle, buoyancy, and math.
"There's a lot of things that go into making a cardboard boat, but most of all, it comes down to the day when we race them and we have all the fun, and it makes it worth it," Singer said.
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Some boats didn't make it.
"It kind of got a lot of water in it, and we kinda sunk sideways," said Armanti Harden.
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The winning team, Awesome Swag, set a speed record of 48 seconds and got to push Singer into the water.
"I'm wet!" said Singer.
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