The Stability of Boats: A Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Exercise

Authors

G. Rublein, The College of William and Mary

Publication Date

2015

Abstract

In what might be called genuine Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM), an engineering construct subject to well-understood physical principles is analyzed mathematically to yield predicted behavior. In this article, we provide just such an example. The mathematics is at the high school level. Among other things, one actually sees an application of the quadratic formula. Experimental verification of the results may be realized with simple materials.

Volume

15

Issue

1

First Page

103

Last Page

119

Rights

© Virginia Mathematics and Science Coalition, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

DOI

https://doi.org/10.25891/5Y1P-P659

Recommended Citation

Rublein, G. (2015) "The Stability of Boats: A Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Exercise," Journal of Mathematics and Science: Collaborative Explorations: Vol. 15: No. 1, Article 10.
Available at: https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/jmsce_vamsc/vol15/iss1/10