Make Every STEM Dollar Go Further
The Firecrest™ Classroom Kit Bundle was built for educators who want maximum participation without sacrificing the excitement that makes model rocketry unforgettable. For $119.99, you get 12 student rockets, 24 engines, a complete launch system, essential launch supplies, and a lesson plan that connects the experience directly to scientific concepts. With enough engines to fly every rocket twice, one bundle supports 24 launches at just $5 each, creating an exceptional amount of hands-on learning from a remarkably approachable classroom investment.
Give Every Student a Real Role in the Mission
Instead of gathering around a single demonstration rocket, students can take an active role in building, preparing, launching, and recovering their own Firecrest. The beginner-friendly design keeps construction manageable for first-time rocketeers, while molded plastic fins add durability for busy classroom and group environments. Whether students work individually or in small teams, the experience gives them ownership of the process from the first assembly step through countdown and recovery.
Launch Low Enough to See More of the Science
Powered by 1/4A3-3T engines, the Firecrest reaches a projected altitude of up to 125 feet, creating an exciting flight that remains easy for students to follow from the ground. That manageable altitude makes it easier to observe liftoff, ascent, ejection, streamer deployment, and descent, turning each flight into more than a spectacle. With two launches available per rocket, students can also compare observations, apply what they learned from the first flight, and experience the launch process again with greater understanding.
Connect the Countdown to Classroom Concepts
The included Feel the Heat lesson plan extends the learning beyond rocket construction by exploring chemical reactions, temperature change, and thermal energy. Students first investigate different combinations of substances as they design and test a hot pack for an astronaut exploring the Moon, then connect those discoveries to observations made during a model rocket launch. By examining how an engine changes temperature after flight, students can apply their understanding of endothermic and exothermic reactions to a real, memorable event they have just experienced.
Everything You Need to Build a Bigger STEM Experience
The bundle includes a 12-pack of Firecrest™ rockets, a Porta-Pad® II Launch Pad with Electron Beam® Launch Controller, 24 1/4A3-3T engines, 30 starters, 24 starter plugs, approximately 72 sheets of recovery wadding, and the Feel the Heat lesson plan. It is a complete foundation for classroom rocketry that gives educators more launches, more student participation, and more opportunities to turn science into something students can build, watch, test, and remember.
