Straw Rockets

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So the past couple of days I have been working on straw rockets. The matterials used were: clay,straws (different size straws), a liter bottle, paper, and scissors. You take the straw and put into the liter bottle and seal the bottle off with the clay, make a rocket with the other straw and seal off the end with the rest of the clay. Make three different types of rockets and shoot them off. When you are done with shooting each of the rockets off, record the distance and get the average. When i shot my rockets off, the ones with to much clay at the top were top heavy and took a nose dive. The one that didn't went much farther. Good Luck! :)

Paper Rockets

Well I have been working on paper rockets. The supplies needed would be tape, a pencil, a straw, and paper. You cut a strip of paper the full length of the paper and twirl it around the the pencil, Oh! and make sure that your pencil is larger than your straw so that the straw can fit inside of it. After you twirl the paper around the pencil, tape it in three places so that the paper does not come undone. Then you take the paper off of the pencil and fold the top over so that it comes to a point. And then finally stick the straw into the rocket and blow into the straw. Make three different rockets and test each rocket three times, then record your average scores. Have Fun! :)

Rockets and Parachutes

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It's been awhile since I posted. Well last week I worked on Rocket and their thrust. So I took a orange juice carton,tape,contruction paper.You cut out of the construction paper a cone for the top of the rocket and triangles for the sides of the rocket. Also you are supposed to cut a hole in the bottom of the carton to stick a ballon in it to make it move. Whe I tried that, I didn't even move. So we got a card board box and cut openings on each side of the box and attched a rubberband striaght accross the back of the box to sling shot it out of the box. After we did that, I was supposed to attach a parachute on the end of the rocket with string, When I did that I realized that it slowed the force of the rocket down almost half.
Rocket Girl

Marbles

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The past few days I have been working on a marble project. The idea was to see the idea of the transfer of motion. I hit one marble to the next and watched the force from the first marble transfer to the second one. I also learned how to play the game of marbles too! :) And it was fun!

The Beginning

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I am doing a project for school, Computer 2, about rockets. I just started a few days ago, and its going pretty well. The first task was to blow up a ballon and hold it in different directions and see what the result was, when you let the air out. The idea was to learn about how an airplane, rocket or shuttle moves forward. The materials needed: balloon, a pencil, and a student data sheet. When I held the ballon to the left, it went in a complete circle around me. When I held the balloon to the right, it went straight to the right. When I held the balloon up, the balloon twirled up and then straight down to the ground. When I held the balloon down, the balloon twirled straight to the ground. The point of the whole experiment was to be able to see Newton's Third Law in motion.
Rocket Girl