My son had some questions about fireworks, and so we put together some cool videos to watch.
We started by finding a good fireworks show to watch. There’s a wealth of videos out there, we settled on this one:
Then we found this great video about the behind the scenes of how fireworks shows are set up
And that was followed by a video that filmed the launch site
Finally we finished up with an old favorite – how fireworks are made:
Further Questions
Could you build a multicolored firework? The examples in the videos seemed contain only a single color of ‘stars’. Do they not mix well, or do they just not look good? Maybe a firework show designer would just rather synchronize multiple fireworks.
Further Activities
The games Roller Coaster Tycoon 3 and the newer Planet Coaster have a firework designer.
Bonus