Materials List: Hovercraft Racers!

Each group needs:

  • 1 compact disc (CD); ask students to bring used CDs from home or purchase blank CDs, available online
  • 1 plastic bottle with a cap, ~16 oz. size, such as a soda bottle
  • 1 balloon
  • hacksaw, to cut the top off the plastic bottle
  • drill, to put holes in the bottle cap
  • hot-glue gun, to be shared among groups
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