Scribd
Upload
17 views

Hovercraft 2

Change one thing about the design of your hovercraft, like the size of the plate or the hole in the film canister. How can you make the hovercraft travel a long distance in one tap? can you think of a way to steer your hovercraft? send your results to ZOOM.

Uploaded by

Rajan ABhishek
Copyright
© Attribution Non-Commercial (BY-NC)
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
17 views

Hovercraft 2

Change one thing about the design of your hovercraft, like the size of the plate or the hole in the film canister. How can you make the hovercraft travel a long distance in one tap? can you think of a way to steer your hovercraft? send your results to ZOOM.

Uploaded by

Rajan ABhishek
Copyright
© Attribution Non-Commercial (BY-NC)
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
You are on page 1/ 1

sci

eed What You N ballpoint pen ate large plastic pl film canister lloon 12" round ba (sold in poster putty ores) office supply st

craft over H
ole oke a small h of the pen to p int 1 Use the po f the plate. in the center o canister. om of the film le in the bott er ho 2 Poke anoth tom of ound the bot poster putty ar t cover 3 Put some sure you don canister. Make the film the hole. plate. iddle of the nister. ister to the m film can and the film ca 4 Stick the s in the plate the hole Try to line up shut. d and pinch it n. Twist the en e balloo 5 Blow up th e e balloon on th iend to put th e a fr the neck of th 6 Work with son can hold ne per film canister. O e other air escapes.Th balloon balloon so no the end of the n can stretch perso nister. over the film ca rface, on a smooth su your hovercraft 7 Place the floor. like a table or ap the hen gently t of the balloon.T s? 8 Let go hat happen of the plate. W side

It! design Re
Change the design of your hovercraft. How can you make the hovercraft travel a long distance in one tap? How can you make one that lasts a long time before the air runs out? Can you think of a way to steer your hovercraft? Choose one thing to change, like the size of the plate or the hole in the film canister.Then test it and send your results to ZOOM.

Scoop Engineering ble and

late on a ta Put a plain p ate. It e side of the pl ently tap th g ? That's very far, does it doesn't move een the tion betw tion because of fric d the table. Fric of the plate an bottom ppens force that ha er. is a dragging against each oth n objects slide ore whe rcraft glide m does your hove ion Why ing on a cush ecause its rest easily? B balloon, the u let go of the of air! When yo layer of the plate. The flows under air space e takes up under the plat air from plate and table and keeps the e slides on er.When a plat rubbing togeth on than is less fricti p of air, there to on the table. when it slides

Sent i n by Dene D. of Woodbridge, VA


pbskids.org/zoom

2003 WGBH Educational Foundation. All rights reserved. ZOOM and the ZOOM words and related indicia are trademarks of the WGBH Educational Foundation. Used with permission. ZOOM is produced by WGBH Boston. Funding for ZOOM is provided by the National Science Foundation, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and public television viewers. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation. All submissions become the property of ZOOM and will be eligible for inclusion in all ZOOMmedia.This means that we can share your ideas with other ZOOMers on TV, the Web, in print materials, and in other media. So, send it to ZOOM.Thanks! Illustrations by Stephen Schudlich.

You might also like