inventions

Last Friday was the third grade invention fair. As you know from my last post, we were in Sundance. Carter took his invention to school a day early and presented it to his class. My girls were always hung up on an invention that actually worked...not my boy. He designed the Hoverboard 5000. He sketched it all out, labeled it, and then told Tim "all you have to do is help me build it!" Sure...no problem...just make a Hoverboard! Tim and Carter went to work. They used a very old skateboard, some pvc piping, and lots of duct tape, cause duct tape fixes EVERYTHING!

Carter was one proud kid!

If Carter were here, he would explain how the Hoverboard converts CO2 to oxygen, which is pressurized and then released to made the board fly...of course, that makes perfect sense.

These are the labels for the different parts...the converter system/CO filters/pressurizer were tricky! Thank goodness for dad's with invention-building-skills!