Water rocketry is one of the most fun and exciting hands-on science activities around. Converting empty plastic soda bottles into high-flying rockets provides a great opportunity for students to discover important scientific principles such as Newton’s laws, acceleration, thrust, and inertia.

This handy molded plastic tool holds your rocket fins in place against the body tube for gluing. After the fins are attached, the Rocket Fin Holder can be turned on its side to work as a paint stand. Designed for use with the Pitsco Solid-Fuel Rocket.

This economical little book is a must-have when building a rocket. The full-color book features a short history of rockets, a materials list, rocket-building instructions, how to use the Pitsco LaunchGuard System, and the National Association of Rocketry’s safety code.

With the Pitsco Solid-Fuel Rocket Kit, students engage in a rewarding, hands-on project. They build the body tube, design and shape the rocket fins, and make the parachute recovery system. When they’re finished, they watch their rockets blast toward the stratosphere. Enough engines and igniters are included for 25 rockets to be launched twice.

Please note that rocket engines ship separately and take 3-4 weeks for delivery via USPS. Individuals needing these materials sooner can pay an additional hazard fee to have the items delivered via UPS. To ship via UPS, you must call our customer service team at 800-835-0686 and place your order.

Access the comprehensive Pitsco Rocket Kit Book for rocket building instructions, a short history of rockets, how to use the Pitsco LaunchGuard System, and much more! The Pitsco Rocket Kit Book is available for print here, or you can download a digital copy for free here.

Looking for standards-based activities to accompany these materials? The Solid-Fuel Rockets Teacher's Guide is available for print here.

Count down to fun while learning the basics of solid-fuel rocketry. This package pulls together materials for 50 student rockets, a launching system, an altitude finder, five rocket fin holders, and the Solid-Fuel Rocket video. Engines and igniters will ship USPS ground only. If your order contains additional items, they will be shipped separately via our normal carrier, ground only. Requires scissors, ruler, sponge, finish such as paint, and white glue, sold separately.
Requires scissors, ruler, sponge, finish such as paint, and white glue, sold separately.

Students can build their own straw rockets and test them on the Straw Rocket Launcher. Just like early rocket pioneer Robert Goddard, they can conduct scientific experiments by varying the trajectory angle and launch energy. These rockets can travel up to 50 feet!

Has your Straw Rocket Launcher’s launch tube seen better days? If so, this brass tube replaces the launch tube so you can keep flying those rockets.

You supply the plastic bottle (20 ounce, one liter, or two liter), scissors, tape, and a cool-melt glue gun, and we supply everything else your students need to construct a water rocket. Students can design their own graphics. Use a Pitsco launch system to launch the rockets 200 feet or more!

Looking for standards-based activities to accompany these materials? The Water Rockets Teacher's Guide is available for download as a digital copy for free here.

As the name implies, the Stalwart is an imposing and strong rocket. It races upward at incredible speed and can dominate the air again and again thanks to the parachute recovery system. Kit includes everything needed for construction – a 20-ounce plastic bottle, a 12" parachute, tubes, rings, a nose cone, fin material, decals, and instructions. Pitsco HD Bond II glue recommended for assembly. Finished rocket is 63 centimeters in length. Requires scissors, ruler, clothespin, masking and transparent tape, white and cool-melt glue, paint, permanent marker, and launcher, sold separately.

This pack includes enough Precision Straws, clay, and fin material for 30 students to make four rockets each, which enables them to experiment with different weights, straw lengths, and fin designs.

Pack includes student instructions. Requires launcher, scissors, ruler, and transparent tape, sold separately.
 

Fog machines are valuable flow-visualization tools, and this handheld version is the best we’ve created!

The FLO Fog Generator injects a fog stream into a wind tunnel to test the aerodynamics of objects such as drag racers. It is a cleanable unit that can be easily opened to wipe away residue – plus, it operates without generator tubes. Includes the fogger unit and one bottle of fog fluid.

Note: Fog fluid (42312) is only compatible with the FLO Fog Generator (42180).