For 3 weeks from Thursday 26 April to Thursday 10 March, 9 Year 9 pupils had 3 sessions at the Queen Elisabeth 6th Form building a hover craft.
After 1 week of planning and working out the maths of the hover craft and another week of building, they finally got the opportunity to sit on a hover craft. Engineers from local companies such as Mechtool and Cummings were working with Science and Maths teachers from the QE to assist the schools building the hover crafts.
Their brief was to make a hovercraft using provided materials which could hold 100kg. DSMS was split into 2 teams and were up against Woodham school. The DSMS Boys team finished first and made a working hovercraft however snapped in 2 after it was sat on. It completed the objectives though and they worked out it help 103kg.
The DSMS Girls team however took a while longer however their hover craft eventually help approximately 136kg making them the joint winners with Woodham.
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