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While these "fairy unicorn" & "fairy pony" ( https://www.google.com/search?sxsrf...HVn9Ah4Q4dUDCAw )-size model rockets would definitely be small to build and prep for younger children, and even for older students and youth group members, I don't think that's necessarily a "show-stopper." Before construction of the kits (or rockets built from plans--Quest's and FlisKits' MicroMaxx rocket parts could be purchased in quantity to do that) began, the children could first practice, with the teacher's or group leader's help, precision handling and building, using tweezers, clips, and even jewelers loupes, working with scrap materials. (Similarly, Professor Neal A. Brown, the former director of the Poker Flat Research Range [Alaska's sounding rocket range, 30 miles north of Fairbanks], has for several years been teaching Elementary and Middle School pupils at the isolated Eagle, Alaska Community School how to build radios--after first teaching them to solder [and de-solder] connections correctly--over a Skype link, and he also prepares them to get their FCC amateur radio Novice-level licenses; the soldering is precision work, yet 8+ year-olds at the Eagle school have learned it with his help.)
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A few years ago, we helped a class of first graders build and launch Gnomes. The kit would not have been my first choice and the kids were younger than I would have preferred, but things went well.
The Gnome was chosen because it is inexpensive and the motors are a little cheaper. As with all the group builds we support, we prebuilt a few of the kits to different stages of construction. They are used both to demonstrate the results of build steps and as replacements if a child messes up or cannot complete a step. There is one step in the build where a knife is used to create a slot for the engine hook. We had the kids take a break then while the adults did that step. There isn't much room for creative finishing of a Gnome, but we did give the kids Sharpies to personalize their rockets and had them write their name on their rockets. I don't recall any real issues with packing the streamers. We always had adults to help if a child had problems. |
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