Youth Rocket Camp

Event Schedule

September 21st, 2024

9:00 AM-12:00 PM

September 22nd, 2024

9:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Arrowhead Ranch Rocket Camp

Build, decorate and launch a model rocket during a two-day camp at Arrowhead Ranch. Learn basic principles of model rocketry. Students will keep their rocket at the end of camp (note: there is always the chance a rocket will end up in a tree).

Learning Goals: Students in the Arrowhead Ranch Rocket Camp will build a model rocket from a kit on Saturday, and launch their rocket on Sunday. In the process they will learn the basics of rocket science - model rocket components and their purpose, principles of aerodynamics, propulsion, and some of the physics of rocketry.

Meet Kurt Grevstad

Instructor bio: Camp instructor Kurt Grevstad has 25+ years experience as an Aerospace Engineer, designing commercial and military aircraft at Boeing, Northrup and Rockwell. He also taught Science, Math and STEM teacher for 12 years in Seattle Public Schools middle schools and high schools. While teaching, he ran an after school Rocketry Club where students designed, scratch-build and tested large model rockets