A group of friends participate in a challenge to build a boat using various materials found around the house. The objective is to create a boat that can cross a pool in the fastest time possible. Each participant has 2 hours to build their boat. The materials used include watermelon rind, styrofoam, cardboard, and paper. The participants then test their boats in the pool, and the one with the fastest time wins a prize of 1,000 reais. The challenge is documented on video, and the participants comment on their creations and the process of building them. In the end, one of the participants, Marquinhos, wins the challenge with a time of 22 seconds.
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1. The participants are making little boats to see which one can cross a pool the fastest.
2. The winner will receive a prize of 1,000 reais.
3. The participants have two hours to make their boats.
4. The participants are searching for materials to make their boats around the house.
5. The materials being considered include newspaper, styrofoam, cardboard, and watermelon rinds.
6. One participant is making a boat out of a watermelon rind.
7. Another participant is making a traditional paper boat.
8. A third participant is using a cardboard box to make their boat.
9. The participant who made the watermelon boat is also adding a sail made out of a piece of paper.
10. The participant who made the cardboard boat is adding two sails and two rudders to their boat.
11. The participants are not allowed to touch their boats during the journey across the pool.
12. The participants can blow on their boats or touch the water to help them cross the pool.
13. The times to cross the pool are being recorded.
14. The participant who made the traditional paper boat completed the journey in 22 seconds.
15. The participant who made the watermelon boat completed the journey in 1 minute and 10 seconds.
16. The participant who made the cardboard boat completed the journey in 44 seconds.
17. The participant who made the styrofoam boat was declared the winner with a time of 32 seconds.
18. The winner received a prize of 1,000 reais.