We had been doing rocketry in class! We launched to today! 5 groups worked for (about) two weeks on rockets, made to go in the air. Our group, called Expedition Mars, worked together and created the Aquarius, a beautiful rocket with six fins, one pointy nose cone, and a long body tube. It is fueled on air pressure. (I wouldn’t call that fuel, but still) Using metallic tape, construction paper, hot glue and cardboard, we put together the rocket, piece by piece. It was the perfect design. But due to poor gluing and uneven fins, our rocket only got 14 meters in the air, the lowest of the class. It was devastating, but I think my fellow group mates and I will pull it together for the second launch!

To actually launch the rocket, we needed to do a few things. Before we even put out the launch pad, we needed to take a trundle wheel (look it up) to mark out where we should put everything. Then, in the middle of the field (where we were launching) we would place the launch pad down, and put a pipe in the launch pad. We put the rocket on top of the pipe. Then we would pup the pipe full of air with a bike pump. After putting on our safety goggles and counting down from ten, we would release the air pressure, and the rocket  would go flying. 50 feet away from the launch, kids would be using clinometers (look that up too) to find out how far up the rocket went. We, Expedition mars, went first. As I said, we got 14 meters. Poor us. When a team launched a rocket, they would have to do some jobs. One person, would pump the rocket full of air. Another person, would count down from ten before they launched, (I did that job, I’m super loud). Then one person would record the whole thing, and the last person would release the air pressure. Group took turns doing the clinometer readings. I may post how we built our rocket, which was made by all of my group, but I may not. So, the launch was pretty good!