Isolating Variable

In science we needed to make a boat that can float on top of the water. In the first day we were given all our class time to make a boat out of paper, tape, and straws. We were divided into four teams to make a boat. Then when the next class starts we went down to the fish pond (there was no fish) and test them out. Each boat was put on water. There were one person who puts the stoppers on the boat and one person counting how many stoppers were put on the boat.

When we made the boat everybody gets one meter of tape, three pieces of paper, and three straws. So everybody has the same material but everybody needed to make their own design. When we tested only stoppers were put on the boat and nothing else, so I think that this experiment was about the design. Overall I think the variable was controlled because every body received the same things but it was just the design that is different.