3, 2, 1...Lift Off

We had so much fun designing, making and blasting off rockets this afternoon. It was an optional activity made available to the senior kindergartens. We used old film canisters (I still have a few hanging around!), covered them with paper, some put fins on, some put a cone at the top, some added a hand drawn picture of themselves, some added a flag.

At the end of the day, everyone went outside and prepared for our rocket launch! In each film canister, I would put in 2 alka seltzer tablet and a bit of water. Eventually the tablets fizzed and created enough bubbles and pressure and the lid stays on the ground and the canister (and rocket) flies into the air. 

We started with a few spectators and ended up with quite a gathering!

Just look at the excitement on their faces!

I love my job❤️