The Brown Bag STEM Challenge- Hovercrafts

In keeping with the theme of teaching STEM concepts through simple projects whose supplies fit into a brown paper bag (ok, with one or two exceptions, but you get the idea…), this week, we’re designing hovercrafts.  With just a few easy-to-find items, (and a bit of adult supervision for this one) students can construct hovercrafts to learn about forces, motion, friction and variables.

Depending on the age and ability of students, there could be a little prep for teachers, but once the bottles have been cut and the caps have been drilled, students may begin building their hovercrafts.

With the hovercrafts built, students can experiment with different variables to determine the best design for their hovercrafts!

The Brown Bag STEM Challenge bundle pack includes 10 high-interest design challenges that use low-cost materials that (almost all) fit into a brown bag!  Challenges comes complete with design briefs, STEM notebook pages and a PDF slide deck. In each challenge, students work in teams to design, build and test solutions, following NGSS Engineering Design Performance Expectations.

Get the Brown Bag STEM Challenge Bundle Pack with 10 Design Challenges including Hovercrafts!