In this wild experiment, we try to build our own DIY hovercraft from scratch! Will we glide like a pro or spin out of control? Let’s find out!
Tinker, create, and innovate with more hands-on discovery from
kiwico.com
Video Chapters!
00:00 What are hovercrafts?
00:39 Let's design
02:10 Let's build
04:34 Time for a rebuild
05:58 We have a hovercraft
Read More:
Hovercraft facts for kids
kids.kiddle.co/Hovercraft
“A hovercraft, also known as an air-cushion vehicle or ACV, is an amphibious craft capable of travelling over land, water, mud, ice, and various other surfaces”
How Does a Hovercraft Work?
wonderopolis.org/wonder/how-does-a-hovercraft-work
“Hovercrafts are more like airplanes than either boats or cars. They hover on a cushion of pressurized air. Although it might sound like magic, it’s actually pure science!”
Make a Hovercraft
jpl.nasa.gov/edu/resources/project/make-a-hovercraft
“NASA uses hovercraft to test spacecraft and the ways they need to ...