Approximately 50 children and their adults got some hands-on lessons in making and firing off bottle rockets at the Millicent Library on Monday, 8/14/23.
Toby Dills explained the science behind bottle rockets, and attendees got to construct their own rockets and blast them off on the lawn of the Unitarian Church across the street.
The system uses water and compressed air from a bicycle pump to propel the plastic bottles into the air. Helpers secure the launch pad with their feet, while the rocketeer works the release cord. Each rocketeer created his or her own rocket, adding nose cones and fins for stability.
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- Toby Dills explains the science of bottle rockets on the lawn of the Millicent Library in Fairhaven on Monday, 8/14/23. Photo by Jim Mahaney.
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- Toby Dills explains how to construct a bottle rocket on the lawn of the Millicent Library in Fairhaven on Monday, 8/14/23. Photo by Jim Mahaney.
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- People start gathering up materials they will need to construct bottle rockets after a presentation by Toby Dills on the lawn of the Millicent Library in Fairhaven on Monday, 8/14/23. Photo by Jim Mahaney.
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- Children and their adults are all business as they construct bottle rockets after a presentation by Toby Dills on the lawn of the Millicent Library in Fairhaven on Monday, 8/14/23. Photo by Jim Mahaney.
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- Children get water in the bottle rockets they made after a presentation by Toby Dills on the lawn of the Millicent Library in Fairhaven on Monday, 8/14/23. Photo by Jim Mahaney.
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- Success! Participants successfully shoot off a bottle rocket on the lawn of the Unitarian Church in Fairhaven that they constructed after a presentation by Toby Dills on Monday, 8/14/23. Photo by Jim Mahaney.
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- Success! Participants successfully shoot off bottle rockets on the lawn of the Unitarian Church in Fairhaven that they constructed after a presentation by Toby Dills on Monday, 8/14/23. Photo by Jim Mahaney.
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- Success! Participants successfully shoot off a bottle rocket on the lawn of the Unitarian Church in Fairhaven that they constructed after a presentation by Toby Dills on Monday, 8/14/23. Photo by Jim Mahaney.
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