How Things Fly Cooper Kit
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- Program and school year
- FTC-PEP · 2026-27
- Rule pack
- step-up-ftc-pep-2026-27 · v1.0.1
- Evidence level
- Official category rule
- Source freshness
- Review due · Low
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- Curriculum is authorized with format and availability conditions
PEP-2026-27-AUTHORIZED-CURRICULUM-CONDITIONS
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Product description
The How Things Fly Cooper Kit explores the laws of aerodynamics as you help Poppy, a stranded porcupine, get off a deserted island by learning how to fly. And like Poppy, you’ll learn about resiliency and how to fail well in order to succeed. <br><br><strong>Included in the How Things Fly Cooper Kit is:<ul><li>Pompom Porcupine Craft</li></strong>Using a template and yarn, make pompom porcupines that will take flight on all your kit experiments.<strong><li>Experiment with Parachutes</li></strong>Make parachutes of different sizes and experiment with how weight and drag affect flight.<strong><li>Color & Fly a Kite Kit</li></strong>See the law of lift in action! Fly a kite that you constructed and decorated.<strong><li>Porcupine Launchers</li></strong>Make 2 pompom porcupine launchers and learn about the law of thrust.<strong><li>Two DIY Airplanes</li></strong>Build 2 rubber band-powered airplanes with airfoils to see weight, drag, thrust and lift work together.<strong><li>Build a Powered Hovercraft</li></strong>With this Cooper Kit’s box engineering project, you’ll convert the box into a hovercraft with a drone motor and electricity!<strong><li>Transportation Failures </li></strong>See how well-intended inventions went wrong and all the cool things we learned as a result.<strong><li>Failure and Resilience</li></strong>Each Cooper Kit has a theme related life lesson. Learn how failure is an important part of one’s growth.<strong><li>Deserted Island Dining </li></strong>Stranded on a deserted island and need kid friendly recipes? Look no further. <strong><li>The How Things Fly Medallion </li></strong>Get your collectible medallion! This one is a classic.</ul><h3>Multi-Disciplinary Learning Adventures</h3>Each Cooper Kit is a multi-disciplinary exploration into STEM, Creativity, Reading and Life Skills. Designed for families with kids in the 5 to tween range and can be done with multiple kids, making Cooper Kits versatile and a great value.
Source evidence
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- Catalog
- FESUA_CooperAndKid
- Source type
- Search
- Link status
- Stepup product link
- Enrichment confidence
- Unknown
Official policy source
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- Publisher
- Step Up For Students
- Applies to
- FTC-PEP · 2026-27
- Effective dates
- Jul 1, 2026 — Jun 30, 2027
- Source last modified
- Jul 14, 2026
- Reviewed by Navigator
- Jul 23, 2026
- Review due
- Aug 14, 2026
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