part 3
What have you learned about the history of rockets and space travel?
All rockets are different with small similarities, but all rockets rely on the same principle (the Newton’s third law of motion.). the Greeks were the one who first “build a rocket”, then the Chinese create the first arrow-rocket. later on the rocket were created for war and then the newton’s third law was introduce and years later the first man landed on the moon.
What will be different on your water rocket than on a “real” rocket and why?
the nose cone won’t be so pointy as the real rockets.
Write a little on the blog about how to find the Center of Pressure and the Center of Gravity on your rocket and why they are important.
how to find the center pressure: using a cut out template try to balance the template on a ruler, where the template stays balance is center point. And how to find the center of gravity: with a string tie around the rocket try to balance again the rocket and where the rocket stands balance is your center of gravity. And this is important because if your rocket is not balance the rocket might curve or not fry high enough.
describe what your rocket will look like and why you chose that design on the blog.
with the paper rocket experience i choose this style due to my paper rocket being too heavy.
write about your successes and failures and what you learned from them. What you learn and write about will help teach future classes.
