But you don’t have to be an engineer to build a stony ship. The Madison-based team and one from the University of California, Berkeley, helped devise this mini-boat project for Popular Science.

“We are trying to get a piece of cardboard to float across the river and be the first ones to win,” said Sam Nichols, a 7 th grade student at Bridge Creek Middle School.

In partnership with the Flying Classroom, over 60 students will work over the course of a year to completely renovate a houseboat and turn it into a STEM lab.

Lisa Sprinkle teaches ciLiving host, Jaclyn Friedlander how to make cardboard boats In this fun and easy DIY tutorial, learn how to make your very own cardboard boats using simple household ...

The goal: Make it out to a buoy around 50 yards from shore in the homemade boat. The boat races were held to support ...

Forest City fifth grade students place model boats they built in water using recyclable materials during a 4-H STEM project.

Some of the scouts didn't think their cardboard boats would make it back to shore, but were pleasantly surprised when they didn't fall in the pond.

UTPB is hosting boat races for the students at the UTPB Stem Academy. Students are given a couple days to construct boats made out of duct tape and cardboard.