Lessons on propulsion Friday, July 4, 2008

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Staff photos by ROB PERRY
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Christian Furley, 10, of Lusby, Brett Halterman, 9, of Broomes Island, Lauren Miller, 9, of Prince Frederick, Drew Sneeringer, 8, of Chesapeake Beach, Madison Brown, 8, of Sunderland, Lance Martin, 8, of Lusby and Erin Carroll, 9, of Port Republic stand with Planetary Survivor camp aide Kristie O’Connell and Graff at the camps last day. The campers learned about rockets, built their own out of 2-liter soda bottles and launched them on the planetarium grounds.
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At left, Lance Martin, 8, of Lusby and Gary Graff, planetarium teacher at the Arthur Storer Planetarium at Calvert High School in Prince Frederick, watch as Martin’s water rocket, created from a 2-liter Sprite bottle, is propelled skyward on Friday, June 27. Graff led a week-long camp called Planetary Survivor with other Calvert children teaching them about rockets.
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