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Mini Hovercraft 
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Mini hovercrafts are a fun project that can be made with recycled materials.   In my classes we had them glide will over 8 meters, and then we ran out of table length.   The hovercraft floats on a very thin layer of compressed air from a balloon.  
Materials 
- CD or DVD
- pop up cap from a drink bottle
- balloon
- hot glue gun & glue
- electric tape
Make a hovercraft 
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Materials
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Put hot glue around the rim of the cap and put it on the center of the CD.
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Place the balloon over the top edge of the pop-up cap. Tape it in place with electric tape. May certain the tape doesn't go below the bottom of the pop-up part so it will seal.
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Blow up the balloon from the bottom of the pup the pop-up lid down to keep the balloon inflated.
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