NukeHavoc
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My son and his friends are starting up a high school rocketry club. They've got a teacher advisor and they want to start flying rockets in the spring. My dad was a big rocketry guy, and I inherited a ton of rockets from him, including about 20 Alpha rockets. The kids intend to build and fly those first.
My question for the forum is ... what sort of activities would you recommend for a high school club? What have you had success with? When I was a kid, I attended a handful of NAR rocketry meets with my dad, and was part of a 4-H rocketry club, but we never followed a formal program (mostly we just built rockets and then launched them ).
I looked at the NARTREK and NARTREK Cadet programs, and it seems like those would provide a nice underlying structure for the club (or at least, a series of objectives for them to shoot for). Those could be good for getting them started, but to keep them motivated, I could see them competing in regional competitions of some sort ... I just don't know what's out there. As for my role, I told my son I'd volunteer to help out, but I'm a parent, not a teacher.
So ... any advice? I'm in the Lehigh Valley region of Pennsylvania (near the NJ border, about 1.5 hours north of Philly and 1 hour-ish west of New York City).
Thanks in advance,
Ken
My question for the forum is ... what sort of activities would you recommend for a high school club? What have you had success with? When I was a kid, I attended a handful of NAR rocketry meets with my dad, and was part of a 4-H rocketry club, but we never followed a formal program (mostly we just built rockets and then launched them ).
I looked at the NARTREK and NARTREK Cadet programs, and it seems like those would provide a nice underlying structure for the club (or at least, a series of objectives for them to shoot for). Those could be good for getting them started, but to keep them motivated, I could see them competing in regional competitions of some sort ... I just don't know what's out there. As for my role, I told my son I'd volunteer to help out, but I'm a parent, not a teacher.
So ... any advice? I'm in the Lehigh Valley region of Pennsylvania (near the NJ border, about 1.5 hours north of Philly and 1 hour-ish west of New York City).
Thanks in advance,
Ken