Let’s Build Engineering Extravaganza

Hovercrafts

 

Challenge:  Make a Hovercraft

​

Questions for Kids:

• Choose between two types of paper plates and two sizes of straw.Which work best?Can you make your creation lighter or heavier?

• Does adding weight change how your hovercraft moves?

• Does the shape of the paper plate matter?The size?

​

Special thanks to the Needham Public Library.  Have you been to their STEAM room for kids?