School Vacation Week Family Fun!!!

The weather outside may be frightful, but the New England Air Museum is so delightful! Join us this school vacation week and enjoy hands-on activities, family friendly tours, flight science demonstrations, and scavenger hunts all included with general admission. School Vacation Week activities run from 10:30am-2:30pm and are included with general admission unless otherwise noted. All special School Vacation Week contests are open to children ages 4-13 in three age categories (Ages 4-6, 7-10, and 11-13), with prizes awarded in each category. Participants need not be present to win. Friday 12/26 Parachute Drop Contest Test your aim and engineering skills by building and dropping a parachute. Will your parachute land in the drop zone? Saturday 12/27 Slingshot Archery Contest Ready, aim, launch! Build and fly a slingshot glider with the goal of reaching the target. Sunday 12/28 Straw Rocket Distance Contest Are you a rocket scientist? Design, build, and launch a straw rocket on our distance measurement track. Monday 12/29 Snowflake Constellation Station Discover the stories of constellations visible in the winter sky and design your own constellation to take home. Tuesday 12/30 Lunar Landscapes Station Discover the properties of regolith (lunar soil) and design your own artistic lunar landscape to take home. Friday 1/2 Balsa Airplane Build Station Discover the science of flight by building and test flying a balsa airplane to take home. This activity requires the purchase of one $5 build kit per participant. Saturday 1/3 Foam Flyer Physics Station Test your knowledge of the four forces of flight by building and test flying a foam flyer to take home. Sunday 1/4 Lego Flying Machine Contest Use our collection of LEGOs to create whimsical, imaginary flying machine inspired by the museum’s aircraft collection.

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