Your challenge is to construct a water slide no longer than a metre in length.
What questions would you need answered before you begin?
What materials would you need?
You will work with a partner.
You will need to design your slide, construct your waterslide, test and evaluate your design. Each step will need to be documented.
Exploring the topic
Why do people construct waterslides? Have you experienced waterslides? Was the experience enjoyable? What do you think is happening to the water on the way down? Why do you think this is happening? Why is it important not to spill any water on the way down? How are you going to collect the water at the bottom? How could you prove that no water was lost during the slide? What could you do so that no water leaked out of the joins? What are some possible supports you could use to hold up your waterslide? Does the waterslide need supports? Why? What are some other possible materials you could construct your slide with?