Families blast off at Aviation Heritage Park rocket event [Video]

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (WBKO) – The Aviation Heritage Park and Green River Regional Educational Cooperative partnered up Saturday to provide a community event for Bowling Green families centered around rockets.

Families explored rocketry with hands-on science activities representing science, technology, engineering, art, and math, which they refer to as STEAM.

“STEAM is in every job just about that there is anymore,” said GRREC STEM and Computer Science Grant Director Teri Stice. “A lot of people think that STEAM education is just gifted-level kids, but it really is for all learners, and there is a role in it for each and every child.”

Stice said they try to make accessibility a part of their message so kids can see themselves in STEM careers as they get older.

More than 100 families visited the aviation park to join in on the various activities offered during the six-hour event, but what was surprising …