Rockets
Blast Off
Rocketry Workshop: A STEAM Adventure
Yes, it’s cool to see a rocket blast-off into the air, but this workshop is about so much more. It’s a wonderful example of STEAM in action. Suitable for grades 4-8. (Outdoors Only)
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Working on a team, our future astronauts will use creativity and chemistry to harness the energy from a reaction, to generate enough force to launch a rocket into the sky.
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Learning Outcomes:
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How to activate sublimation
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What is Trust
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Relationship between Gravity and Rockets
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Power of Collaboration
This course includes:
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Use of Rockets Demo
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Digital Junior Astronaut Badge
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Certificate of Completion
​Using rockets to teach kids about STEAM provides a highly engaging and hands-on way to learn about scientific principles like physics, engineering design, and mathematics, allowing students to apply these concepts in a real-world context through building, launching, and analyzing their own rockets, fostering critical thinking, problem-solving skills, and a strong interest in STEM fields; it also encourages teamwork and data collection while sparking curiosity about space exploration.