Instructional Video4:09
SciShow

The Science Of REAL Hoverboards

12th - Higher Ed
Hank gives it to you straight about "anti-gravity technology" -- basically, it doesn't exist. But if you really want to hover, you have options!
Instructional Video10:00
Curated Video

Behind the Crazy Operation of the World’s Last Passenger Hovercrafts

6th - Higher Ed
Welcome back to the FLUCTUS channel for a discussion about a one-of-a-kind hovercraft travel agency in Southern UK. Fluctus is a website and YouTube channel dedicated to sea geeks. Whenever you are curious or an incorrigible lover of...
Instructional Video18:31
Curated Video

US is Testing Gigantic Prototypes of Super Advanced Beach Landing Vehicle

6th - Higher Ed
Welcome back to the Fluctus Channel to explore the developments behind the amphibious military vehicles.







Fluctus is a website and YouTube channel dedicated to sea geeks. Whenever you are curious or an...
Instructional Video19:44
Curated Video

The Genius Way UK Still Operate Massive Passenger Hovercraft on Water

6th - Higher Ed
Welcome back to the Fluctus Channel for a feature behind the technology of the unique and iconic Hovercraft vehicles.



Fluctus is a website and YouTube channel dedicated to sea geeks. Whenever you are curious or an...
Instructional Video5:07
Curated Video

Big Ideas - Episode 14 - The Hovercraft

Pre-K - Higher Ed
In the mid-1950 s the British engineer Sir Christopher Cockerel came up with his Big Idea of using air between the water and the hull of a boat to reduce drag. Sir Christopher s idea, the hovercraft, came into worldwide use in...
Instructional Video2:34
Curated Video

Evolution of the Hovercraft

Pre-K - Higher Ed
In 1959 the SRN1 crossed the English Channel. The hovercraft floated on a cushion of air and could travel over land, water or ice. Soon commercial machines were taking passengers at speeds far greater than could be achieved by...
Instructional Video1:36
Curated Video

DIY Halloween Craft: Ghost on Hovercraft

Pre-K - 8th
Meet our new spooky friend for coming Halloween. I glued a sports cap to the center of CD, closed the pop-top and fitted the neck of the balloon over the moving part of the cap. When I am ready to let my ghost to hover, I put it on a...
Instructional Video1:12
Curated Video

Hover Travel Company: Celebrating 40 Years of Specialized Innovation

Pre-K - Higher Ed
The Hover Travel Company, celebrating its 40th anniversary, is a pioneering business running the world's only daily hovercraft service between Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight. Specializing in cost-effective transportation in shallow...
Instructional Video1:07
Curated Video

Exploring the Fascinating World of Hovercrafts

Pre-K - Higher Ed
A hovercraft is a unique seagoing vehicle that glides on a cushion of air, allowing it to travel over land and water with ease. Invented in 1952 by Sir Christopher Cockerell through experimentation with a vacuum cleaner motor and cans,...
Instructional Video1:06
Steve Spangler Science

CD Hovercraft - Sick Science! #043

3rd - 10th
Make a hovercraft out of a compact disc, a balloon, and a few other materials. This is an activity that every physical science learner in your class can make if they bring a sports drink pop-top bottle to class. It will help them...
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Air Power: Making a Hovercraft

Pre-K - 1st
In this video segment adapted from ZOOM, cast members make their own hovercraft and demonstrate how the air leaking out of a balloon can make a plastic plate hover above a table. Experiment instructions are also available in a PDF...