Water Sprays While Rockets Fly

When bottle rockets took off and flew to Stoller, questions also arose. "When is it due?' "How do we make them?" All answered by a teacher's words of intelligence. When the rockets were assigned, the teachers gave you a packet, so you could follow instructions correctly. You make the rockets with one or more 2 liter soda bottles, then you would add fins to  make it fly straight. You also need a nose cone to make it aerodinamic and a parachute to deploy afterwards to slow the fall, for there is an egg inside that cannot crack.

The project was built all by the students, their parents couldn't help, unless they were absolutely needed. Some students think the rockets are dumb, but Josh F. from Blue Hall says, "Building is a little frustrating, but launching is really fun. I asked questions such as, "What do think of the project?" "What do you like?" "What would you change?" A couple others followed those. Josh said it took him one week to build his, but Rachel H. from Red Hall, built hers in three weeks.  There is a big difference between the amounts of time it took to build rockets. Another boy from blue hall started the day it was assigned (March 17) and studied a long time to get a good rocket. I also asked Josh what he liked about rockets, and he answered with, "It's fun to see them launch, and even more fun to see them nosedive and stick in the ground!"

The launch crew controls the launches. They make sure the rockets are on the launch pad and aren't coming off when they are being pressurized. The final question was, "What would you change about all this?" After taking a little thought on this he finally said, "I would make every launch part of the grade, and also launch more often." When the final grade is due, you need to decorate it (paints, paper, stickers, and tapes). Kids get graded on how nice the rocket looks, how smooth the tapes are, and how long it is in the air, and if the egg inside gets cracked (sometimes smashed) or not. This assignment is tough to figure out, but once it's done it turns out to be great.


By, Hunter White