Foil Boat Challenge

When and Where

  • September 12 @ 2:00 pm
  • Rebecca M Arthurs Memorial Library
  • Rebecca M Arthurs Memorial Library, 223 Valley Street, Brookville, PA, 15825

 Children in grades Kindergarten through 6th

Kids use sheets of aluminum foil to engineer custom mini-boats. Participants load weights (such as pennies or marbles) onto their foil watercraft to see how much cargo the boat can hold before taking on water and sinking. Children learn practical physics and engineering concepts like buoyancy, weight distribution, and surface area.