Lesson Planning

Investigate different boat hull shapes and find out which is the most efficient for moving through water.

Teaching Outcomes
To identify and create regular and irregular 2D shapes to make the basis of a boat’s shape.
To explore how different shapes affect how a boat moves through water.

Children will:

• Identify and label irregular and regular shapes, relating to a boat’s hull.
• Experiment to find which boat shape is the most efficient.