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Science Buddies: Riding on Air Build a Real Hovercraft ActivityScience Buddies: Riding on Air Build a Real Hovercraft Activity
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Science Buddies
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Grade
9th - 10th
Subjects
Science
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Lexile Measures
1060L
Activity

Science Buddies: Riding on Air Build a Real Hovercraft

Curated by ACT

You will get to build a working hovercraft that will glide over surfaces on a cushion of air in this week long science project. With the use of some power tools, you will create your hovercraft, and ultimately understand how air pressure, surface, design and certain materials affect its performance.

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Concepts

aerodynamics

Additional Tags

glide, hovercraft, science fair project, science buddies

Classroom Considerations

  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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