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Activity	Description	Time Required	STEM Field(s)	Recommended for 1 Day Event
Hero Pop Can Engine	Build a spinning engine by directing the force of water as it leaves holes in a soda can.	1 hr	SEM	√
3…2…1 Puff	Build and launch straw rockets.	1 hr	SEM	√
Heavy Lifting	Use balloons to raise a cargo to the ceiling.	1.5 hrs	SEM
Newton Car	Use Newton's laws of motion to build a reaction engine car.	2 hrs	SEM
Rocket Races	Build and race balloon-powered cars.	2 hrs	SEM
Pop! Rockets and Pop! Rocket Launcher Directions	Build a "stomp" rocket launcher out of a 2-liter soda bottle and launch paper rockets.	1-2 hrs	SEM
Foam Rocket	Build and launch a rubber-band- powered foam rocket.	1.5 hrs	SEM	√
High-Power Paper Rockets, High-Power Paper Rocket Launcher Directions, and Launch Altitude Tracker	Launch rockets using an electric air pump or bicycle pump.	2-3 hrs	SEM	√
Rocket Wind Tunnel and Advanced High-Power Paper Rockets	Build a working wind tunnel and use it to help validate rocket designs.	3-4 hrs	SEM
Water Rocket Launcher Directions, Water Rocket Construction, and Project X-51	Design and build a water rocket from 2-liter bottles following the engineering design process NASA uses.	4-6 hrs	SEM
Build a Bubble-Powered Rocket	Launch antacid-powered rockets.	1-2 hrs	SEM
Balloon Staging	Build a two-stage rocket with balloons.	1 hr	SEM	√
The Parachuting Egg	Design a parachute recovery for an eggstronaut.	1 hr	SEM

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