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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 |