Blast Off Rocket Launch

As part of Charlotte's Science Festival, on Wednesday we attended the Blast Off Rocket Launch at a local private school (the event open to all children).

My chess-playing kids were initially too excited by the giant chess board to make their rockets.

paper rockets

 First they made Alka-Seltzer rockets, then paper rockets . . .

. . . which were launched by an air generator.

We ended the event by watching several small, commercially made rockets be launched, which has now "launched" a campaign from a certain 7-year-old that we buy him such a rocket for home use.