--- title: "Investigating water resistance with play doh shapes" url: "https://howard-primary-school.schudio.com/blog/2024-11-27-14-45-00-investigating-water-resistance-with-play-doh-shapes" school: "The Howard Primary School" --- # Investigating water resistance with play doh shapes ![Image of Investigating water resistance with play doh shapes](https://files.schudio.com/howard-primary-school/images/blog/BB8BAC2E-8B89-468B-9C4B-F276DA7E45BE.jpeg) 27 November 2024 [Miss Jennings](https://howard-primary-school.schudio.com/blog/author/hjennings) [Class 3](https://howard-primary-school.schudio.com/blog/category/class-3) This week in science class 3 investigated how the surface area of shapes affected how fast they sank or floated. They designed a fair test creating their own shapes to investigate. We then used the knowledge from the test to create a streamlined boat from foil. Whose boat will win the race? ### Science [![](https://files.schudio.com/howard-primary-school/imagecache/720x720s/gallery/science-1/34058332-1148-46FF-8037-95D6BEFE3161(1).jpeg)](https://files.schudio.com/howard-primary-school/images/gallery/science-1/34058332-1148-46FF-8037-95D6BEFE3161(1).jpeg) [![](https://files.schudio.com/howard-primary-school/imagecache/720x720s/gallery/science-1/0323903E-1CFD-4A9E-B401-81E628F410E9.jpeg)](https://files.schudio.com/howard-primary-school/images/gallery/science-1/0323903E-1CFD-4A9E-B401-81E628F410E9.jpeg) [![](https://files.schudio.com/howard-primary-school/imagecache/720x720s/gallery/science-1/5956C658-2D61-48EA-91A8-C827335C17A9.jpeg)](https://files.schudio.com/howard-primary-school/images/gallery/science-1/5956C658-2D61-48EA-91A8-C827335C17A9.jpeg) [![](https://files.schudio.com/howard-primary-school/imagecache/720x720s/gallery/science-1/7A18C259-8D0D-4386-9E38-83F4FF2E3BC5.jpeg)](https://files.schudio.com/howard-primary-school/images/gallery/science-1/7A18C259-8D0D-4386-9E38-83F4FF2E3BC5.jpeg) [![](https://files.schudio.com/howard-primary-school/imagecache/720x720s/gallery/science-1/6BDD2DBB-F1B1-4699-8F52-4535547526D5.jpeg)](https://files.schudio.com/howard-primary-school/images/gallery/science-1/6BDD2DBB-F1B1-4699-8F52-4535547526D5.jpeg) [![](https://files.schudio.com/howard-primary-school/imagecache/720x720s/gallery/science-1/09179628-E1F4-4605-8F5D-489B2D6572DC.jpeg)](https://files.schudio.com/howard-primary-school/images/gallery/science-1/09179628-E1F4-4605-8F5D-489B2D6572DC.jpeg) [![](https://files.schudio.com/howard-primary-school/imagecache/720x720s/gallery/science-1/A6BE5655-33ED-4BED-B279-284C6960C72E.jpeg)](https://files.schudio.com/howard-primary-school/images/gallery/science-1/A6BE5655-33ED-4BED-B279-284C6960C72E.jpeg) [ Debug and code](https://howard-primary-school.schudio.com/blog/2024-11-25-10-28-00-debug-and-code) [Christmas has arrived at The Howard ](https://howard-primary-school.schudio.com/blog/2024-11-29-17-49-00-christmas-has-arrived-at-the-howard) ![The Howard Primary School](https://files.schudio.com/howard-primary-school/images/logo/Howard-footer-Logo.png) ### The Howard Primary School The Square Elford Tamworth B79 9DB 01827 383292 - [Term Dates](http://howard-primary-school.schudio.com/termdates) © Copyright 2019–2026 The Howard Primary School School & Trust Websites by [ ![Schudio logo](https://howard-primary-school.schudio.com/img/logo/light.png) ](https://www.schudio.com/)