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2g. Final Badge for Speed Test planning sketch

This is the last time you can earn a Planning Badge, but please don’t let that stop you from making more changes!! Keep thinking of ways to make your ship fast. When we get to the Search & Rescue mission, you will want to quickly get to the shipwreck to help those sailors!

Upload a sketch of your latest design.

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We hope it is becoming easy to draw and create these designs. Continue making designs clear and useful!

On to the next step!
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2e. Take a picture of your Speed Test

Upload a picture showing how you are testing your speedy ship. Be sure your picture shows changes you made in your boat design.

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We may share your boat picture with other people if we think that they can learn from your process or your design. Your boat may be famous!!

Click here to move to the next step (More data!!)
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2d. Improve your speedy ship

Like many other engineers, you are working hard to improve these designs. Making changes to a plan is how we create the best designs. Please upload a screenshot of your NEW ship after you redesign it in the drydock.

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(You can receive up to two more 20-point badges for your Speed Test plans. You must go through the process 3 times to receive all 3 badges.)

After you complete this step move on to Testing Your Ship!

On to Testing!!
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2c. Share the data you are collecting for the Speed Test

Engineers use data to improve designs while they test. Upload a picture of the data you just collected from your first test.

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Now you have great data! Some data you found may not be numeric. It may be how the boat felt when it was starting. Or, how the waves pushed the boat. You could also see the speed of the boat at different points.

All of this data is important!

Use all the data you have to improve your boat’s plan. You can click here to upload a new plan for your speedy ship.

Upload an improved plan for the Speed Test
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Final Data Badge for Strong Boat Challenge

You can upload one more table or graph of your data here. Think about how your data has changed since you started. Do you collect new types of data? Do you think someone else could read your data and know what it means? Engineers use data to show why they make changes. You can collect and use data for all types of designs!

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Think about what worked well for getting this data. You can use those strategies again for the next challenge!

On to the next step!
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Final Testing Picture Badge for Challenge #3

Share one more picture of your testing. This final picture should highlight some of the changes you made since your first design. Are you using different objects to test? If so, show how your boat looks with different amounts of weight. We want to see how much problem solving you have been doing!!

Upload your picture here.

By now, we hope you are having fun changing and testing your boat. Keep going forward! If you want to send us more pictures, you can tag us on Facebook, connect on Instagram, or simply upload another picture on this website.

Thanks for working so hard! You are engineering very well. Time for one more data badge.

Time to upload last data set
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Final Strong Boat Planning Badge

This is the last time you can earn a Planning Badge, but please don’t let that stop you from continuing!!

Engineers take dozens, and sometimes hundreds, of design steps before finalizing a design. You can continue to push your boat design until it reaches the sky!

Upload your picture here.

We hope it has become easier and easier to continue designing ships. We hope your designs became clearer and more useful!

On to the next step!