colourful paper straws have coloured paper rockets placed on the top half of each straw
Museum of Geraldton

Straw rockets
SCHOOL HOLIDAYS

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Saturday 30 March - Sunday 14 April | 9.30am - 3pm
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$2 per activity

Location

Mid West Gallery 

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Learn about the power of rockets and test out a rocket of your own. 

Replacing rocket fuel with puff-power, these straw rockets are a great way to experience how real rockets use propulsion to escape Earth’s atmosphere and blast into space. 

Design your own rocket, take a deep breath, and blow into the straw for blast-off! 

Do you notice different results when your rocket takes off from different angles?

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