I had a lot of fun during our rocketry unit. I really wish it didn’t have to end. I learned a lot but still had lots of fun.

I learned about a lot of different things like the engineering design process and how a rocket works. At first things were complicated because it was the first time we did any of the steps. But we eventually got it. Creating the google slideshow was easy because we already knew how to make it. Actually creating the actual presentation was harder than I thought it was going to be.we had to put a lot of things into the slideshow. Like rocket designs and Images. I am really excited to present in front of our parents because we worked really hard on building, designing,and many other things. 

In the whole unit I enjoyed launching our rockets the most. Because we had worked really hard on building and designing the rocket so when we launched the rocket we were basically watching what we had accomplished and seeing it work. My favorite part of building was making the nose cone because even though it had a lot of steps it was still fun to make. Out of all the jobs that I had my favorite was Rocket Launcher it was really fun listening to the countdown master saying …10- 9 -8 -7 -6 -5 -4 -3- 2- 1 RELEASE!! And then pushing the button and seeing it soaring higher and higher until it came back down to earth. 

I really enjoyed this unit and I had a lot of fun. From  designing our first rocket to launching the last and everything in between and I learned so much everyday. And I  am really excited for the presentation.

For the third rocket my group changed our nose cone. We made it taller and pointier so more air will push of the side when the rocket’s in the air. We thought this would be better than a shorter nose cone.

When we were designing our third rocket it was pretty easy cause we kept the same body and fins and we just had to make a taller nose cone. One thing that was hard was figuring out how to make the nose cone taller we eventually decided that we were going to make two nose cones and tape them together to make a taller nose cone. I think that making the nose cone was a good Idea because another group made a tall nose cone and there rocket went the highest.

During the building phase we easily put everything together we rolled and taped the body and we use the same fin template as last time. So then we had our fins and body when it was time to make the nose cone we made two of them it was kinda hard to taped them together because they kept coming apart but we eventually we got it and we glued are fins on the body and taped the nose cone on the body  we glued the tip and we had finished.

During the design phase my group did pretty well we had our normal disagreement and same with the building. One person wanted to change the rocket completely and make the body smaller but they got outvoted. So overall we did pretty well on building and designing and I am excited to launch again.

After we built our second rocket it was time to launch again! I was pretty surprised when the clinometer readers said we got 43 degrees in the air. Since we had to tape our nose cone on last minute my group was a little worried that they will fall off the rocket. I think that the rest of the class did really well on there launches. My job for the launch was the launcher. It  was a little nerve racking because in order for the rocket to go in the air I had to press the button. I was a clinometer reader for one of the other groups. Sometimes being a clinometer reader can be hard because it’s hard to tell when the rockets last point will be. I think my group did much better on the second launch than the first because we had more experience.

After the launch we had to convert 43 degrees into feet after the launched. My group got 121 feet.  Which was better and higher than our 1st  rocket hopefully for the next one we can get higher. For rocket #3 my team is going to change our nose and make it taller and pointier so more air will slide off the side so that the rocket goes higher and faster.

During the launch my team worked well together because after the first launch we knew what to do and we got through everything faster and no won got annoyed that it was taking forever and know one was fighting over what or what not to do. When it was time to convert our rocket into feet we had some disagreements because three people had the same number but one person disagreed but, majority rules. Overall I think the launch went pretty well and I think my grouped worked great together.

For our second rocket my group decided to make our fins skinnier and taller so that more air will push of the sides and it will put less weight on the rocket.

When we were designing our second rocket it was pretty easy because we already had lots of experience from our first rocket. So all we really had to do for the second rocket was pick new colors and change the fins so that they  were taller. Some things that went well were designing the rocket because we were all agreeing on all the suggestions. Some things that were challenging was figuring out what we should change.

Building our second rocket was even more fun than building our first rocket because we already new most of the steps. When we actually started building the rockets everything was pretty easy. We flew through the wrapping and taping but then came the hard part deciding on the fin size. For example, how tall should it be? or how skinny should it be? We eventually decided  on one size.

Since we had some experience with I think my grouped worked better together on the second  rocket than on our first rocket. Because everything was easier to do so we weren’t disagreeing on what and how to do things. 

In school we are doing our rocketry unit. We have finished our first rocket and launch. My team’s name is “The Rocketeers.” There was a lot of research in order to build and launch our rockets. Each group made inspiration boards which had things like quotes, images and research. At first, my group just wanted to go right ahead and start designing our rocket, but before we could do any of that there was a lot of research involved. I am glad that we did research because if we did not we probably would not have a good rocket that went really high.

Designing our rocket took time.  We all had to decide on one design.  We had a lot of disagreements, but a lot of agreements. We eventually took a vote to decide on the one we were going to make. We had to start experimenting with different wing sizes, nose cones and body shapes.  We ended up with 3 by 3 inch wings and a small but pointy nose cone and for the body we had to choose a pvc pipe so we chose the skinnier tube to wrap the paper around. When we had everything planned we started building the rocket.

Building our first rocket took some time. When we first started building our rocket it seemed pretty easy, but when we tried rolling the paper over the tube it was actually harder than it looked, but when we did get it we had to tape it together which was pretty easy. Then we had to make a nose cone out of paper by folding  it and cutting halfway and then rolling the paper to be a cone. Also, we made a fin template to trace on cardboard. Finally we cut them out and glued the fins on the body and taped on the nose cone and… we had a rocket!

I think that my group worked really well together. We had our ups and downs but we eventually came to an agreement.  For example, on our first rocket two people wanted a green body but two people wanted a blue body, so we came to a compromise which was a blue nose cone and a green body.  Overall I think my group worked really well and I am glad I am in this group.