It’s Rocket Science in a Box is both a physical and digital STEM resource. It combines physical equipment with a digital library of ACARA mapped lesson plans, work sheets, templates and videos. The Box includes 2 custom designed launch pads and everything you need to launch simple water rockets 60 metres into the air. Hands-on rocketry is the perfect vehicle for integrating the disciplines of STEM with the wow factor to engage minds of all ages. It’s Rocket Science in a Box is  designed specifically for teachers and students to explore the wonders of aviation, aerospace and rocket science. Experiment-based STEM lessons have been written by Civil Aviation Safety Authority licensed airline pilots, drone pilots and certified rocketry specialist alongside Australian teachers, transferring key knowledge and skills to the education industry. 

ANSWER: No, It’s Rocket Science provides support and all the information you need to be able to successfully use this resource with your students. We offer videos, instruction sheets and teacher information sessions.

ANSWER: It’s Rocket Science In A Box is the ultimate unlimited STEM resource that can be used by every student in your school, multiple times. There are no exhaustible supplies for you to replace. Regardless of whether you have 8 students in a one-teacher school or teach in a large inner-city campus, we are committed to eliminating the geographical barriers for Australian teachers and students to access future-focused learning resources.

All our It’s Rocket Science In A Box STEM resource kits include the same basic equipment for you to run water rocket launches at your venue, along with online setup, safety and trouble shooting tutorials. We’ll also send you a bottle rocket starter kit including recycled bottles and nose cones, along with screw on fins.

Our Primary and Secondary boxes also include measuring wheels, while our secondary boxes also include clinometers, or angle trackers, to assist with measuring altitude. Primary and Secondary boxes have access to our online e-learning portal containing materials aligned to the Australian Curriculum. Our Primary resources go one step further with fully developed curriculum linked learning pathways, giving teachers a full outline for integrated STEM lessons.

ANSWER: It’s Rocket Science Adventures have ingeniously combined 40 years of aviation, aerospace and rocketry industry expertise into a box direct to your classroom. Our exclusive, international award-winning aerospace invention provides a spectacular STEM resource for the enquiry pathways being used in education nationwide.

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Our programs are suitable for students of all ages and all abilities. Perfect for time poor educators, who can now access readymade design solution and STEM teaching units with real-life opportunities to apply the curriculum with practical, experiment based fun. 

Our program has been hugely successful in engaging students with special needs, levelling the playing field for every child to learn effectively. Activities are spectacularly fun so students who dislike learning or struggle to understand new concepts will learn subconsciously.

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Founded and created by Cran Middlecoat, a Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) licensed airline pilot and drone pilot.  Flying since the age of 14 years, he was a student with an obsession for a field that wasn’t accessible in the typical classroom. He dreamed big and now has over 20 years aviation experience from Aerial stock mustering, flying clinic runs for the Royal Flying Doctor Service in outback Australia, and flying the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, his qualifications include a Flight Crew Licence, AROC, RePL (Drones) in the fully unlimited category (i.e. any drone, anywhere, anytime). 

Cran is also a self-confessed Aerospace Geek, with a serious tinkering habit.  His Award-winning aerospace invention created a spectacular STEM resource for the enquiry pathways being used in education nationwide.