School Project, how to make a Hovercraft

School projects are a great way to bring lessons alive. I sat through so many lessons at school wondering why I was learning equations and what impact the Pythagorean theorem might have on my day to day living requirements. The best teachers are able to apply lessons to practical examples of why mathemathical theories are so important, and necessary to understand. School projects bring engineering alive and explain why we need to understand equations. If you build a product such as a hovercraft for example, you begin to understand why certain materials need to be used for lightweight construction. Creating something results in a tangible result, good or bad. By applying knowledge and expertise, many disciplines come together, for example you may need to research information by using the Internet. The Hovercraft School Resource Blog is a great starting point to provide links to useful hovercraft sites.

Hovercraft celebrations and School challenge

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Hovercraft, and to celebrate, schools are being invited to take part in a science and technology skills challenge to design, build and test their very own hovercraft to compete with other schools.

Celebrations will take place in Southampton UK, where Sir Christopher Cockerell first demonstrated the first commercial flight.

A number of events are planned, the Hovershow will take place at the Hovercraft Museum in Gosport, Hampshire on July 24th, 25th and 26th. See Hovercraft Museum Web-Site

If your school would like further details, please follow the links below.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/14820724/Hovercraft-Challenge-2009-Flyer-Final

http://www.scribd.com/doc/14820723/School-Booking-Form

School Resource for Hovercraft

Many schools have construction projects and clubs, and making Hovercraft is both fun, interesting and very educational.

This website offers a treasure trove of images, videos and links to other useful websites - feel free to copy the images and videos you like.

Hovercraft School Visits

A number of schools have created their own hovercraft as part of club or science based projects, and have invited us to demonstrate the Hov Pod to their budding engineers. Many Hov Pod dealers have provided demonstrations to show what the Hov Pod is capable of. The Hov Pod can seat 3 adults, and flies at a height of 9 inches, at speeds of up to 50 mph.

Hovercraft - School Projects

Since hovercraft were invented in the 1950's, people have been fascinated by the concept of floating on air over any flat surface. Many schools build their very own hovercraft as part of science projects. Creating a hovercraft from simple materials is easy and affordable, and the ultimate satisfaction of flying a vehicle that classmates have created is fantastic, a real sense of achievement.

This Blog seeks to offer a one-stop shop of links and resources for students and teachers wishing to research hovercraft, or build their own hovercraft.

Would you like to arrange a school demo? http://www.hovpod.com

Download videos from http://www.youtube.com/group/hovercraft.

Free images http://picasaweb.google.com/HovPodimages