Comments on: Girl Scout Hovercrafts

By: mpb

mpb — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 06:06:58 +0000

@ Victoria: I figured the kids might like the hovercraft stuff. If they get interested in writing up a summary or even explaining the hovercraft in Yup'ik (Elders sometimes ride out for berries or fishing), they can post it here for others to learn, or over at the science site http:ykalaska.wordpress.com. One thing we found out with attaching the spout to the CD is that silicone or pitch or hot glue might work better than Elmer's or Super Glue (too brittle) Victoria is a Tundra Teacher, blogging here, http://victoriasjourneys.blogspot.com/

By: Victoria

Victoria — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 05:03:24 +0000

Thanks for leaving this as a link on my blog. Great timing! I’m actually teaching Newton’s laws of motion to my jr. high science classes right now! Plus, the hovercraft comes out to Kasigluk and is a relevant application for the kids. Thanks.

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Girl Scouts Women in Science Day 2008 « Grassroots Science — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 02:45:11 +0000

[...] Girl Scout Hovercrafts Girl Scouts Susitna Council, in partnership with Continuing Education, the University of Alaska Fairbanks Kuskokwim Campus, is hosting a third annual Women of Science Day for Bethel girls. http://thetundradrums.com/news/show/1731 [...]

By: mpb

mpb — Sun, 04 Jun 2006 03:32:26 +0000

Speaking of plastic soda bottles and science projects–
This is a neat idea from Taiwan schoolchildren in their science class (not the $200 model but the free one) BoingBoing finds all sorts of neat stuff.

Boing Boing: Anti- mosquito device kills 1200 bugs/night
http://www.boingboing.net/2006/06/02/antimosquito_device_.html

and http://www.diyhappy.com/quick-and-dirty-mosquito-trap/