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Home > Classes & Workshops > Bored? Build a rocket!

Bored? Build a rocket!

By Caroline King - February 8, 2013Posted in : Classes & Workshops, Museum, Science and Technology

Enginuity Craft Workshop When: 16th – 24th February 2013

Where: Enginuity, near Ironbridge, Shropshire

£: Adults 8.25 and children 6.95 (plus an additional £1 to make a rocket). An annual Passport Ticket allowing entry into all ten museums costs 23.25 per adult, 18.75 for the 60 plus, 15.25 for students and children and 64 for a family; under 5s free.

What is it?

Design and build a pneumatic rocket from craft materials and discover the fun of flying during the February half-term week at Enginuity, near Ironbridge, Shropshire.

Families can join drop-in workshops between 10.30am and 3.45pm where paper, card and plastic nose cones will be used to create model rockets of around 30cm in length.  The rockets can then be ‘fired’ through a selection of suspended targets from Enginuity’s pneumatic (air powered) launcher.

Families will also be able to join in a range of other fun activities and see a display of flight-related exhibits.  Activities will vary from day-to-day and some additional costs will apply.

More info: www.ironbridge.org.uk

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