Armagh Planetarium

A firm favourite at the Planetarium, the Rocket Building Workshop is an exciting and unique way to introduce children to the scientific principles of forces and motion. During this 90 minute workshop children have the chance to design, build and launch their very own water rocket.

Introducing electricity and magnetism to Primary age children can be a challenge; after all no one can actually see an electric current or a magnetic field. However, an audience can have an amazing time seeing the effects that electricity and magnetism have on the surrounding world. Children discovering and experimenting for themselves are central to this one hour workshop.

The workshop covers a range of related topics starting with the different types of electricity such as static electricity or current electricity. Using household materials such as balloons and woollen jumpers, the children are encouraged to participate by generating their own static electricity. Children can experiment to see which materials are good and bad conductors of electricity, or why some materials are magnetic while others are not.

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Science & Technology

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• Discover Primary Science
• primary science activities
• science fun
• science workshops
• Armagh planetarium