Water Rokit brings science alive for children of all ages
Inspiring the next generation in STEM through Junior Rocketry
Water Rokit’s Education Portal has been designed to provide teachers, group leaders and all STEM ambassadors with exciting activity content.
From simple Words of the Week through to quick Lessons and more detailed Sessions, there is something for everyone!
The Lessons and Sessions cover a number of subjects relating to Science, Engineering, Rocketry and Space.
Our first Lessons focus on Newton’s Laws of Motion and Gravity, and Energy stores. With further Sessions in development on The Artemis Missions and other exciting NASA and SpaceX Projects.
Thank you so much, the children were really inspired, we will definitely be inviting you back for a longer session next year. The children are still talking about it, we can’t wait to work with you again.
In a recent Pupil Voice, three children in my class now want to be rocket engineers.
We are very excited about your education portal as we really want to develop our space topic so any lesson plans and sessions will be gratefully received.
St. Ives School
Charlotte from Water Rokit visited our school. She is such a lovely, bubbly lady and excellent at keeping the children engaged. Everyone had such a BLAST. All children learned a lot and enjoyed their EGGsperiments. I would highly recommend Charlotte and her team. This is such a great experience for schools.
We love Water Rokits and have used them at our English For Kids camps for many years. The best activity EVER! Not only does it combine arts & crafts and some elements of physics but it also combines excitement (how is it going to work?) and fun! You can fill the whole afternoon with great activities and kids can learn so much and have so much fun at the same time. Fantastic!
The Water Rokit is a really fantastic educational tool. Great for use in the classroom - the students are learning all about forces and motion whilst having so much fun!
The best STEM educational tool on the market!
Imperial College London
Fantastic fun. Our teenage holiday club had several of these - enjoyed by different age groups and great for team building.
From the initial meeting with Water Rokit, we knew we had the opportunity to create something special for our customers. Our visions and passions to engage children in exciting content, stretching their minds and imaginations was aligned. The conversation is always alive with ideas, the support provided, and knowledge shared in rocketry is superb. The Water Rokit product is fantastic, it provides not only an exciting experiment on its own, but it opens the door to a wealth of learning and exploration. We are thrilled to be on this journey with Water Rokit as our partner, the opportunity to not only expand our own knowledge, but to then cascade this down to children and spark that curiosity in young minds is marvellous.
I have used the Water Rokit every year as a Primary School Teacher, and the children and staff love it in equal measure! It’s fun, easy-to-use and really does have the ‘wow’ factor we’re all looking for to make learning exciting. The children talk about it for months afterwards – impactful and memorable learning for us all.
STEM Learning
Your Water Rokit really gives physics a boost, I have used it for 33 years - from Primary School through to Undergraduate level.
I have never looked for another water rocket!
I have never looked for another water rocket!
Kents Hill Park School
We’ve used your rockets for science communication capacity building all over the world – they’re tough, reliable, adaptable and packed with fun and science.
Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science
We’ve used your rockets for science communication capacity building all over the world – they’re tough, reliable, adaptable and packed with fun and science.
Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science
There was an air of real excitement as children worked together to launch our water rokit. It is the sort of thing they will talk about for a very long time!
The event made our pupils aware of a wide range of careers linked to the space industry and they were excited to discuss them.
We have used the Water Rokit kits at our holiday camps as an explosive finale for over 10 years! The activity is loved by children, and they all get to launch a rocket that they've made while learning about rocket science.
The kit is sturdy and, so long as you follow the very clear instructions, launch really high, every time. The kits last for years, in fact, we've never broken one of our numerous kits and only have to replace them if they get stuck in trees! The website has a great selection of spares and the team at Water Rokit are very helpful.
The kit is sturdy and, so long as you follow the very clear instructions, launch really high, every time. The kits last for years, in fact, we've never broken one of our numerous kits and only have to replace them if they get stuck in trees! The website has a great selection of spares and the team at Water Rokit are very helpful.
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Junior Rocketeer Activity Day
Invite Water Rokit and NASA into your classroom, and inspire and motivate your students into STEM learning with action-packed rocket fun!
Through popular demand from schools and activity clubs, Water Rokit has hit the road and gone mobile!
With our Junior Rocketeer Activity Day, you’ll have your very own Rokit Technician for the day to inspire your class into learning STEM.
Chief Rocket Technician Alex hosts this exciting event
celebrating Water Rokit's 40th anniversary
At last, Water Rokit’s anticipated STEM-inspired Junior Rocketeer video is ready for lift-off!
Welcome to the most exhilarating video that will inspire children into STEM through rocketry all over the world.
Starring children who love STEM and featuring Spaceport Cornwall, we have created a NASA-esq launch to engage children everywhere.
What better way to inspire children into STEM than by children who love STEM?
Every child deserves an opportunity to get excited about STEM. This video will ignite their imagination encouraging them to visualise a future in this awe-inspiring sector.
Watch the video below and spread the power of STEM through rocketry by showing this video in every classroom and club.
Maths + Science = Engineering + Water = Fun
Since the birth of Water Rokit in 1983, we have been exciting rocketeers and space cadets into learning about rockets and science. A British family-owned company passionate about bringing science alive for children and schools throughout the world.
- A precision water rocket that self-launches at a pre-determined pressure (25psi), providing the capability of repeatable experiments.
- Schools, colleges and Science Advisors throughout the world are using this exciting kit to demonstrate the Laws of Motion.
- A valuable visual tool for all levels of science education.
Water Rokit is a fantastic educational toolkit for learning about space exploration, rocket launches, and the physics of forces and motion by taking part in practical experiments. I’d highly recommend it as a teaching aid – not only is the Water Rokit a great educational toolkit, but it’s also a really fun way for students to learn without even realising it. And even better, it’s also fun for the adults teaching it too!
Dr Heidi Thiemann
Project Manager Cornwall Space and Aerospace Technology Training
THE UK'S FAVOURITE SCHOOL HOLIDAY ACTIVITY CAMP
Here is an example of how an organisation has partnered with Water Rokit to design a fun and engaging STEM workshop in rocketry, targeted at children aged 7 - 14 years old.
Discover more about Rocketeers Skills Builder course.
From the initial meeting with Water Rokit, we knew we had the opportunity to create something special for our customers. Our visions and passions to engage children in exciting content, stretching their minds and imaginations was aligned. The conversation is always alive with ideas, the support provided, and knowledge shared in rocketry is superb.
The Water Rokit product is fantastic, it provides not only an exciting experiment on its own, but it opens the door to a wealth of learning and exploration. We are thrilled to be on this journey with Water Rokit as our partner, the opportunity to not only expand our own knowledge, but to then cascade this down to children and spark that curiosity in young minds is marvelous.
The best STEM educational tool on the market!
Dr. Simon Foster
Imperial College London
How Water Rokit works
Water Rokit has been designed to launch itself automatically at a set pressure, and is engineered to do this repeatedly. This makes Water Rokit perfect to perform science experiments such as exploring Newton’s Laws of Motion, acceleration and trajectory.
The original Water Rokit is a visual, safe and hands-on product which promotes fun and enthusiasm when teaching children of all ages – it’s why so many schools throughout the world have used Water Rokit as part of their core curriculum since way back in 1983.
Salusbury World runs an after-school club during term-time, and a holiday club during school holidays.
What do they think about Water Rokit? Fantastic fun. Our teenage holiday club had several of these -
enjoyed by different age groups and great for team building.
The Original Water Rokit
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Get your Water Rokit
Available from education suppliers, science museums and shops throughout the world. Or buy today in our online store with different education packs available to suit your size of classroom.
- Original Water Rokit kit, single and multi-buy saver packs
- Water Rokit Tail Only kit, single and multi-buy saver packs
- Yellow Launch Tube Only kit
- Full spares / replacement ordering service
The Science of Water Rokit
A squid propels itself by filling its body with water and ejecting it backwards in order to move forwards. This is the principle used by rocket engineers. Space rockets use fuels that are burned in a chamber shaped rather like a bottle, with the neck pointing backwards. The burning fuel produces a large quantity of gas that is further expanded by the heat generated, and this is ejected through the neck (or nozzle) of the “bottle” (normally called the combustion chamber) at a very high velocity, propelling the rocket in the opposite direction.
The Water Rokit, like the squid, uses water as the driving agent, and compressed air instead of heat to provide the energy.
At launch (just before the brass bung automatically releases) the pressure in the bottle is around 18 x 104 N/m2 (or about 25psi). The water is forced through a nozzle with a cross sectional area of about 1cm2, and this produces a theoretical thrust of around 18 Newtons (about 3.9lbs). As the water is ejected, the Water Rokit gets lighter in weight resulting in an increased acceleration or ‘G’ force. Unlike a space rocket, this period of acceleration happens very quickly, taking approximately 1 second for the water to be fully ejected, at around 3 metres (10 feet) of distance travelled. At this height, the Water Rokit is accelerating at about 9 metres per second (around 20 miles per hour), providing enough energy for the Water Rokit to fly upwards to 30 metres (100 feet).