Flight Club school holiday workshop
07 April 2026 - 15 April 2026
9 am–1 pm
Region(s): Wellington
Type(s): experiences
3… 2.. 1… Blast off! Tamariki learn all about the forces of flight at Space Place’s 4-hour school holiday workshop featuring rocket experiments, vortex cannons and beyond.
From making everyday objects fly with a leaf-blower, to observing what happens when you put a marshtronaut (marshmallow-astronaut) into a vacuum chamber, tamariki will come home brimming with new knowledge about how gravity, lift, resistance and thrust can be used to make cool things happen!
Suitable for ages 8–12 years, the workshop rounds off with a planetarium film.
Caregivers are not required to stay for the duration of the workshop and tamariki should bring a packed lunch.
Dates: 7, 8, 14, 15 April, from 9 am – 1pm.
Location: Space Place at Carter Observatory, 40 Salamanca Rd, Kelburn, Wellington
For more information and to book a place: www.eventfinda.co.nz/2026/flight-club-school-holiday-science-workshop/wellington.
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Use this article to explore the huge range of Science Learning Hub resources related to forces and movement in the Physical World strand of the New Zealand Curriculum. We have resources for early years and the middle years and up and all split into handy topics, such as flight and rockets. There are also lots of fun activites too!
We have a range of recorded webinars to support you with your physics teaching/learning. Have a look at our Physics made simple series: force and motion, gravity, waves and Exploring magnetism.
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