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.
A second-generation launcher, the AquaPort II was redesigned to be safer than ever and still offer consistent launching for water rockets of various sizes: 2 liter, 20 ounce, and some 1 liter. Still utilizing the three-finger latch to securely hold the pressurized rocket in place, the launcher also features:
With no engines to buy, you can launch rockets again and again! Note: Recommended for only outdoor launches on the ground (not on asphalt or concrete). Requires a bicycle pump, sold separately.
Extra cardboard tubes for bottle rocket bodies are available in five different lengths and diameters. Use with Pitsco Plastic Nose Cones and Spacer Rings. All tubes can be used in water (bottle) rockets and solid-fuel 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 print here, or you can download a digital copy for free here.
Order 30 kits to build a class pack!
Manufactured to fit perfectly on the Pitsco Straw Rocket Launcher, Precision Straws are used to make straw rockets that will launch every time! They are made from Mylar for durability and can also be glued.
Hands-on, minds-on learning can happen anywhere and everywhere! Looking for ways to bring fun hands-on activities to your classroom or home? This kit includes hands-on materials and curriculum with step-by-step instructions for children to build five exciting projects and complete 15 challenges and activities. Intended for third through fifth-grade students, the STEM Explorer Pack features activities across science, technology, engineering, and math that also incorporate reading, art, and more! All activities are completely hands on and will have your learners engaged for hours as they create, explore, invent, and, most importantly, have fun!
Grades: 3-5
Hands-on, minds-on learning can happen anywhere and everywhere! Looking for ways to bring fun hands-on activities to your day care, classroom, or home? This kit includes hands-on materials and curriculum with step-by-step instructions for children to build five exciting projects and complete 15 challenges and activities. Intended for pre-K through second-grade students, the STEM Pioneer Pack features activities across science, technology, engineering, and math that also incorporate reading, art, and more! All activities are completely hands on and will have your learners engaged for hours as they create, explore, invent, and, most importantly, have fun!
Grades: Pre-K-2
Hands-on, minds-on learning can happen anywhere and everywhere! Looking for ways to bring fun hands-on activities to your classroom or home? This kit includes hands-on materials and curriculum with step-by-step instructions for children to build five exciting projects and complete 15 challenges and activities. Intended for sixth through eighth-grade students, the STEM Creator Pack features activities across science, technology, engineering, and math that also incorporate reading, art, and more! All activities are completely hands on and will have your learners engaged for hours as they create, explore, invent, and, most importantly, have fun!
Grades: 6-8
The Food Truck Design Kit provides a hands-on design experience for students tasked with building a food truck business. This interactive tool allows for optimal student interaction and learning while planning all aspects of a food truck business. It includes enough hands-on lab activities and lesson plans to teach a 3-week unit on food truck entrepreneurship. It can also supplement any textbook or curriculum already in use. The included curriculum addresses marketing, budgeting, menu development and other essential topics.
This top-notch bike pump will stand up to years of use. It features all-metal construction and a heavy-duty rod that resists bending. Also features a mounted pressure gauge, a locking hose end, and a contoured, rubberized handle.
Pump shipped may not match picture.
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.
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.