Physics:
Rocket Project
Rocket Reflection
by Gabe Garcia
The rocket project was extremely successful for my team. We spent a lot of time and energy on our project. Launching was perfect and flight had no flaws the only almost problem was that our rockets parachute almost didn't deploy. Mere seconds before smashing apart on the ground the parachute shot out and saved our rocket from its cruel fate.
The creation process of the rocket was just as successful as the launch. The pieces were easy to access and the epoxy glue fit perfectly where we wanted it. The only mishap was when we practice launched our rocket and the parachute did not deploy and shattered the pressure chambers protective capsule to pieces but leaving our pressure chamber relatively unharmed.
My group was probably one of the best mixes of people. We had my creative ideas ,and George with his “can do” attitude, And we had Kodii and his filming.
The advice Iwould give to future classes about this project would probably be, make your rocket as big , skinny and as aerodynamic as humanly possible because if you don't there is no way your rocket could win unless your other classmates make horrible rockets and their paraschutes dont deploy.
I learned from this project that ambition and perseverance are the most important qualities i could have because it makes for a great project.
by Gabe Garcia
The rocket project was extremely successful for my team. We spent a lot of time and energy on our project. Launching was perfect and flight had no flaws the only almost problem was that our rockets parachute almost didn't deploy. Mere seconds before smashing apart on the ground the parachute shot out and saved our rocket from its cruel fate.
The creation process of the rocket was just as successful as the launch. The pieces were easy to access and the epoxy glue fit perfectly where we wanted it. The only mishap was when we practice launched our rocket and the parachute did not deploy and shattered the pressure chambers protective capsule to pieces but leaving our pressure chamber relatively unharmed.
My group was probably one of the best mixes of people. We had my creative ideas ,and George with his “can do” attitude, And we had Kodii and his filming.
The advice Iwould give to future classes about this project would probably be, make your rocket as big , skinny and as aerodynamic as humanly possible because if you don't there is no way your rocket could win unless your other classmates make horrible rockets and their paraschutes dont deploy.
I learned from this project that ambition and perseverance are the most important qualities i could have because it makes for a great project.
Rocket log:
1. day 6: Put fins on our rocket and make the nose cone
2. day 7: Rocket imploded and then exploded
3. day 8: Yesterday our rocket broke so now we have to remake it.
4. day 9: Launched but isn't working.
5. day10: Just finished nose cone and parachute.
6. day11: Today we are remaking our chute and making it awesome.
7. day12: Final test launch. Parachute deployed but wasn't perfect.
8. day13: Today making final check ups on rocket. preparing to fly.
1. day 6: Put fins on our rocket and make the nose cone
2. day 7: Rocket imploded and then exploded
3. day 8: Yesterday our rocket broke so now we have to remake it.
4. day 9: Launched but isn't working.
5. day10: Just finished nose cone and parachute.
6. day11: Today we are remaking our chute and making it awesome.
7. day12: Final test launch. Parachute deployed but wasn't perfect.
8. day13: Today making final check ups on rocket. preparing to fly.
Rocket Data Table: Specs and Flight Information
Conclusion
The first step of this project was to make calculations for our rocket the Taco Tuesday and put them into our data table. First we put the Rocket together by getting two smart water, water bottles and measuring them so we could put a plastic casing over the bottles and glue all of them together. After gluing, i'm not much of a writer so I threw that job over to my partner George. I started creating the parachute by Cutting up a trash bag and putting strings through the bags and taping them. After we put the parachute on we made the fins and glued them on the side of our rocket. Once out rocket was functional we went out into the parking lot for a few test run and they were very successful until the one test run where our parachute didn't deploy and our rocket dive bombed the ground and shattered. After a few small modifications including the small taco drawing, our rocket flew high and the parachute shot out saving it from the hard pavement. A few days later our rocket exhibition was upon us and our rocket flew high and the parachute deployed but non the less leaving us in second place. Leaving the field defeated my group and i still felt relatively OK about our rocket.
RUBE GOLDBERG PROJECTS
The rube Goldberg project was a project assigned by Dave Heerschap that was created because of one cartoonist named Rube Goldberg and he would draw and make small movies about his contraptions. The projects had to entail a series of complicated contraptions to achieve a simple task such as opening a bottle of water or making a sandwich. Myself along with Grace and Anne had the task of making Oreo cereal and we had a three foot tall, three foot wide Rube Goldberg filled with 15 simple steps and 15 simple machines to achieve our small task.