Year 5 Boston Tea Party STEM challenge

Lesson: Topic

We wanted to see how difficult it was to transport tea safely, and keep it dry, in the 18th Century.

The Challenge

Keep a tea bag dry in a bowl of water for 10secs. 

The only materials available for the task are:

a piece of cotton fabric

a piece of grease proof paper

a piece of cardboard

string

10 thin wooden spills