Water rockets launch at the school Font d’en Fargas [NOT TRANSLATED]

2014-10-29 00:00:00

On 21st October 2014, 6th grade students from the school Font d’en Fargas had the opportunity to build with their own hands water rockets customized by themselves and make them fly. The activity, carried out by the researcher Josep Manel Carrasco from the Institute of Astrophysics and Space Sciences (UB/IEEC), was the second time carried out at the school and caused fervour and a lot of interest among the kids, because they not only could build and fly these small ships, but due to the dynamic and graphical talk given by the researcher they could also learn the physics behind the rocket.

With this type of outreach activities, the IEEC aims to bring Astrophysics to all people of all ages. In the special case of schools, children, thanks to these workshops, have the opportunity to discovery curiosities that can lead to scientific vocations. [NOT TRANSLATED]