Main Hallway Version
Rocket Contest
- The rocket contest is to hit a spot on the floor that is within 40-80 ft in range within 3 try's.
- Winners will receive 30 points of extra credit.
Rules
- The rocket cannot touch the ceiling. Rocket run attempts that do will be disqualified.
- Maximum pressure is 20 PSI
- The measurement will be from the target to the cone of the rocket after it stops.
Assignment
- Build 1-3 rocket prototypes to test your design.
- Build a data table based on your lab test results.
Variables
- Pressure
- Height of the launcher (This determines the angle of the launch)
- Distance of impact
- Distance slide
- Total distance
Tennis Court Alternative
The objective with this version is to hit a target on the other side of the net while shooting from behind the tennis court.
Contest Rules
- The contestant must shoot in the area behind the tennis court.
- The rocket must pass over the net and not pass the baseline on the other side.
- A qualifying shot is when the rocket lands anywhere in the indicated red square.
- Shots that land outside the red square indicator is disqualified.
- The measurement will be from the target to the cone of the rocket after it stops.
Assignment
- Build a data table based on your experiments.
Variables
- Pressure
- Height of the launcher (This determines the angle of the launch)
- Distance of impact
- Distance slide
- Total distance
What we get out of this activity
This STEM activity incorporates many aspects of mechanical engineering & science.
Key words:
Key words:
- Forces
- Thrust
- Weight
- Angle
- Trajectory
- Time
- Height
- Pressure
- Experiment
- Re-designing & rebuilding
- Factors that affect
- Chemistry
- Aerodynamics
- Payload