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Fountain Hills 'hovercraft' exercise: team-building, problem solving

McDowell Mountain Elementary School student Henry Good scoots across the MMES floor April 27 as part of The Hovercraft Project. Students take much of a morning and early afternoon measuring, cutting and assembling the inflatable devices to see how far each one makes it across the floor.

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Matt Chase’s Hovercraft Project returned to McDowell Mountain Elementary School ‘s gymnasium April 27. Students take much of a morning and early afternoon measuring, cutting and assembling the inflatable devices to see how far each one makes it across the floor.

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Matt Chase’s Hovercraft Project returned to McDowell Mountain Elementary School‘s gymnasium April 27. Students take much of a morning and early afternoon measuring, cutting and assembling the inflatable devices to see how far each one makes it across the floor.

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McDowell Mountain Elementary School Principal Val Reichler prepares to be propelled across the MMES floor April 27 as part of The Hovercraft Project. Students take much of a morning and early afternoon measuring, cutting and assembling the inflatable devices to see how far each one makes it across the gym.

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“Three ... two ...one ... on!”

That was Matt Chase’s countdown April 27 each time a group turned on the leaf-blower motors meant to inflate vehicles they’d built.

In what the McDowell Mountain Elementary School described as a team-building and problem-solving exercise, MMES fifth-graders were joined in their gymnasium by Fountain Hills Middle School sixth-graders for much of the school day, working together to learn STEM concepts hands-on.

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