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• One piece of pink block styrofoam

 * IMPORTANT NOTICE**: Treat this challenge like a **Junkyard Wars competition**, find and use material that is available to you from home, there should be no real cost to you, however, if you find you need to buy something don't spend more than $5.00 in total.

Hand In:

 * 1) Operational Mouse Trap Boat
 * 2) Written Technical Report
 * 3) Wikispaces presentation
 * 4) 3D Sketchup scale model

May 11 || MTB Research - || Wikispaces || May 12 || (5) Thumbnail Sketches || Wikispaces || May 13 || Thumbnail Sketches and Solution Chart/ Rational || Wikispaces || May 14 || (1) Technical Drawing || (1) Sketchup Drawing Wikispaces || May 17 || (1) Technical Drawing and List of Material || (1) Sketchup Drawing Wikispaces || May 18 || Construction || (1) Sketchup Drawing Wikispaces || May 19 || Construction || Wikispaces || May 20 || Construction || Wikispaces || May 21 || Testing Evaluation || Wikispaces || May 25 || Testing Evaluation || Wikispaces || May 26 || Race Day submit MTB || Wikispaces || May 27 || Submit Report, wiki and sketchup - May 27, 2010 ||  || Sketchup Drawing Wikispaces
 * Task Steps:**
 * Day || Date || Classroom || Homework ||
 * 1 || Tuesday,
 * 2 || Wednesday,
 * 3 || Thursday,
 * 4 || Friday,
 * 5 || Monday,
 * 6 || Tuesday,
 * 7 || Wednesday,
 * 8 || Thursday,
 * 9 || Friday,
 * 10 || Tuesday,
 * 11 || Wednesday,
 * 12 || Thursday,

Evaluation:

 * Evaluation Chart

** CONSTRUCTION Information and Tips for Mouse Trap BOAT: **
How does it work?

The concept of how this boat works is really simple. In fact, it’s very similar to how mousetrap cars work. The only difference is that with the cars, you need to use wheels to make the car move, while with the boats, the axles are connected to paddle wheels.

The boat should have a platform where the mouse trap is placed. Balance of the boat is important here so it would be a good idea to have the mousetrap set at the front of the platform since the paddle is at the back. If both the mousetrap and the paddle are at the back of the platform, chances are, your boat will sink.

Now, the snap of the mousetrap should have an extension since you want to conserve the potential energy stored. A string connects the extension and the axle of the paddle wheel. When the snap is released, the string will turn the paddles and thus, will push the boat forward. Now, as i mentioned, you want to extend the time of releasing the energy from the mousetrap’s snap. The reason for this is that there is more friction involved with the boat as compared with the car and you don’t want to waste all the energy on starting the movement of the boat alone.