Hovercraft Workshop
Students work in small teams using their STEM skills to build and modify a small hovercraft. The session ends with an exciting race-off!
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Overview
Glide into STEM with this hands-on engineering challenge! Students design, build, and race their own working hovercrafts, exploring the principles of forces, friction, and Newton’s Laws of motion in a dynamic, competitive format.
After an introduction to the science behind hovercraft technology, students will work in small teams to construct their hovercraft to a fixed design. They’ll test performance, make improvements using different components.
The experience culminates in a high-energy race-off, where teams compete to see whose hovercraft glides the fastest across the floor.
Wonderstruck highlight links to the curriculum and how this ties in with opportunities in STEM industries throughout the delivery of their workshops and shows.
Duration and capacity
Between 2-3 hours for up to 150 participants.
Cost and location
Starts at £650 + VAT.
Available in England and Wales.
Details
- School subject
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- Engineering
- Maths
- Physics
- Curriculum links
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- Engineering
- Design and technology
- Technologies - Craft, design, engineering and graphics
- Design thinking and engineering: Engineering
- Technology & design - Manufacturing
- Group size
- Whole year group
- Participation level
- Hands-on
- Duration
- Half day
- Cost
- Cost applies
- Location
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In-school
- England
- Wales
Learning outcomes
- Improve engagement, interest or enjoyment in STEM subjects
- Attainment and progress
- Improve awareness and aspirations for STEM-related study and careers
- Challenge stereotypes by showing the diversity of disciplines, people and skills involved in engineering
Frameworks
Gatsby benchmarks
The Gatsby benchmarks are a framework for good careers guidance for schools across all of England and in some areas across the rest of the UK. This experience helps your school to reach the following benchmarks:
- 2 - Learning from career and labour market information
- 4 - Linking curriculum learning to careers
EqualEx
- Introduce and Inspire
Essential skills
The essential skills every young person needs to succeed in education and their future career. Find out more at the Skills Builder Partnership. This experience builds the following skills:
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Enrichment framework
- 5 - An accessible and engagement enrichment offer
- 7 - An outcomes-focused enrichment offer
