Rocket Launcher Competition Prep

Our Monday Fun Science Experiment today was a homemade rocket launcher.  A little PVC Pipe, a 2-liter bottle and you are in business!  Today, we launched a bit of a lame rocket that Miss Leonard had made with a pop bottle lid, paper, and duct tape....but everyone had great ideas of how to make it better.  SO, the assignment for next week: make a rocket of your own.  The students can work in groups or as individuals.  Next Monday, we will have a contest to see whose rocket goes the furthest....and try to figure out why!
 
 Joey got to stomp the first rocket.  It went the furthest--in the picture it is the little dot in the clouds over the church (it really didn't go as far as it looks!)

Here we are talking about what makes a good rocket and what would have made this go further.

Heading out to grab the rocket before it even hits the ground.

Our last shot with a wet, soggy rocket straight up into the air.  It had to be our last, because a two-footed jump burst our bottle!  Until next time....

--Miss Leonard

(With a special thanks to our guest photographer-Zackary)