During this Term the Year 3 and 4 children have been learning all about flight. We have been experimenting and learning about the four forces of flight; THRUST, LIFT, WEIGHT and DRAG. To finish our unit of learning we designed our own rockets out of a plastic bottle. The plastic bottles fit perfectly on a home made rocket launcher which creates the THRUST for the rockets.
Last Friday we fired our rockets for the first time in a Scientific Fair Test. Rosie's from Room 10 went so far that it is still stuck 3 quarters of the way up a huge Norfolk Pine on Muritai Road. We measured it went 52 metres, but because it curved in the air and headed toward the Senior School, it could have gone a lot further if it went straight. Noah Stock's Rocket flew long and straight, plunging into the ground 82 METRES from the launch site.
CHECK OUT THIS MOVIE CLIP FOR A GLIMPSE OF THE FUN!!
CHECK OUT THIS MOVIE CLIP FOR A GLIMPSE OF THE FUN!!
Next we are going to modify our rockets to try to make them fly further and more aerodynamically.
Congratulations Rosie on a superbly designed and constructed rocket. Good luck for you next test flight (if it ever comes out from the tree).
ReplyDeleteGreat work year 3-4. Real learning and I was so impressed how so many rockets flew. Excellent work teachers and children.
ReplyDeleteIt was so amazing the way Rosie's rocket got stuck in the tree.We loved making the rockets and we hope to make things like that again.
ReplyDeleteWhat surprised us was the different ways the rockets launched into the air. Many of us improved on our second launch as we made modifications to improve them.
Fantastic rockets! Room 1 think you are all very clever to make and launch them!
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