PROGRAMS

Reach for the Stars

Students build and launch water rockets which are simple, cheap, safe, guaranteed to fly and can be launched repeatedly. Every rocket will fly! Students leave with a grasp of how forces act on the rocket at various stages in the launching, flight and landing process.

  • Students work in pairs, helping each other build and launch rockets.
  • Requires an area between 20 and 50 metres long by 20 metres wide: the school oval is ideal.
  • The aim is to hit a 5 meter Mars target.
  • Students are promised at least two launches of each rocket.
  • Outreach program only available to Victorian Government Schools

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Up to 3 classes per day may be run, subject to individual schools’ timetables and requirements.

Maximum group size: 30 students
Minimum group size: 12 students

$12 per student (plus GST); please ask whether your school is eligible for a subsidy.

Years 3 to 10.

Includes all material and tools apart from water; some students may get a little wet.