The Great Canadian Balloon Rocket Challenge
10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Launch into action! Discover how air can make a rocket fly. Make your own balloon rocket racer, and then test it out.
Story Corner
11:45 a.m. and 1:15 p.m.
Journey to the land of imagination. Cozy up and let our teller enchant you with a story that will whisk you off your feet.
Demo
Rocket Launch
11:15, 12:30 and 3:15
Blast off! Join the fun as we launch model rockets in Technology Park.
Workshop
Rocket Chemistry
10 a.m. to 11 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Explore the chemistry behind rocketry. Experiment with reactions that make rockets fly sky high and launch your own antacid rocket.
Canada’s Portal to Space
10 a.m. to 11:15 p.m. and 1 p.m. to 3:15 p.m.
Test out an innovative satellite antenna, experiment with pressure to collapse a pop-can rocket and discover how the Black Brant rockets launched important Canadian space discoveries.
Slideshow
Convair Atlas Rocket: Installation Revealed
Ongoing between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.
Learn how the Atlas rocket in Technology Park was installed at the Museum. The complexity of the installation may surprise you.
Technology Park Tour
10:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.
Have you ever wondered what the artefacts in Technology Park do? Join one of our guides outside for a stroll through Technology Park, highlighted by a visit to the Helen Sawyer Hogg Observatory (weather permitting).
Water Rocket Demonstration
10 a.m., 11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m.
Blast off with this exciting outdoor demonstration. Explore Newton’s law of action and reaction while launching a water rocket (weather permitting).
Board Game
Rockin’ Rocket Trivia
11:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m.
Hop on “board” into this life-sized board game. Answer trivia questions and enjoy challenges that will test your knowledge of rocketry.
