The R2K Water Rocket Kit is a launchpad for future innovators—literally!
Bring high-flying excitement to your STEM classroom and inspire tomorrow’s engineers to reach new heights! Ignite curiosity and elevate classroom engagement with the R2K Water Rocket Kit — a dynamic, hands-on STEM tool that transforms everyday plastic bottles into rockets that soar over 200 feet. This accessible kit serves grades 3–12 and empowers students to learn engineering and physical science fundamentals through design, build, and launch cycles.
? What’s Inside
Each kit includes:
- Paper body tube
- Ping-Pong ball
- Fin material
- String
- Sandpaper
- Cone pattern sheet
- Fin pattern sheet
- Rocket cone pedestal
- R2K Rocket Kit User Guide
Note: You supply the 20 oz, 1 L, or 2 L plastic soda bottle, scissors, tape, and hot glue.
Resources
Pitsco supports classroom success with the free R2K Rocket Kit User Guide and a comprehensive Water Rockets Teacher’s Guide — packed with NGSS-, CCSS-, and ITEEA-aligned lesson plans, assessments, and real-world extensions to apogee, forces and trigonometry .
? STEM Learning Unleashed
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Science: Observe Newton’s Laws in action and investigate thrust, mass, gravity, and drag
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Technology & Engineering: Refine stability and aerodynamics through repeated trial-and-error
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Math: Use trigonometry to calculate launch angles, apex heights, and flight durations
? R2K Water Rocket Kit Classroom Impact
Ideal for individual design challenges, group competitions, or engineering fairs, the R2K kit gets students thinking like aerospace engineers. With vivid customization possibilities, students can craft personalized graphics, fostering creative expression alongside technical skill-building.
Need bulk? Teachers can order class packs of 30, with options to extend into full “Getting Started” packages or PBL units that include launch gear, STEM curricula, and even career-skills connections.
