Ōtautahi's Next Top Rocket


Friday 11 - Saturday 12 October 2024

Time: Various

  • Fri 11 October 2024

    10.00AM – 10.45AM

    1.30PM – 3.00PM

  • Sat 12 October 2024

    10.00AM – 10.45AM

    1.30PM – 3.00PM

10am sessions suitable for ages 5-8
1.30pm sessions suitable for ages 9-12

Venue: Maker Workshop

Think you can build Ōtautahi’s Next Top Rocket?

For the upcoming school holidays, The Arts Centre is teaming up with Te Whai Ao – Dodd-Walls Centre for Photonic and Quantum Technologies to celebrate World Space Week with a design and engineering challenge: rockets!

At this workshop, you will manipulate mass, think through thrust, leverage lift and reduce resistance as you explore and experiment with different aerodynamic forces. Then get hands-on through prototyping, lab-testing, and refining your design as we count down to liftoff! Will your rocket fly farthest? Come along and find out!

Book your Tickets Below 

Ages 5-8 years old, book here

Ages 9-12 years old, book here.

No ticket required for caregiver.

 

This event is part of The Arts Centre's School Holiday Fun (27 Sep - 13 Oct), a lively programme packed full with events to nurture creativity, spark imagination and entertain pre-schoolers through to teens. 

Location map

School of Art,
Hereford Street

Market Square Hereford St Carpark Boys' High Entrance Engineering Laneway The Observatory Hotel Courtyard South Quad North Quad Registry Student Union The Gym Engineering Cloisters Studio Common Room Library Biology, Observatory and Physics Chemistry School of Art West Lecture Classics Rutherford's Den Clock Tower Boy's High Workshop Great Hall
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