Hovercraft Project gives these MCSD students hands-on STEM lesson

BY MARK RICE | mrice@ledger-enquirer.com
NOVEMBER 17, 2017 03:55 PM | Source: www.ledger-enquirer.com

Thanks to a serendipitous convergence of circumstances, Double Churches Elementary School students got an unusual hands-on lesson in the STEM subjects of science, technology, engineering and math — along with collaboration and communication — as they built hovercrafts and rode them across the gym floor Friday.

“It really felt like we were flying,” said fifth-grader Luke Norsworthy. “It was really cool.”