Final Reflection of Rocketry

I really enjoyed this unit and this is my favorite unit I have ever done. I really liked it because I think it was an interesting topic. I also liked the process that we had throughout the unit.

Specifically the building process. I have always liked building stuff that I was interested in. This was one of them. I liked how we had to make decisions about how to make the rocket. It created a more creative environment to work in. I liked making decisions like what to make the fins out of, how many to make, a thick or skinny body, how big the body and nose cone should be, how much tape to put on the nose cone, and much more. I also liked thinking through how are decisions would benefit us and the process of thinking through it.

I also liked how there were teams so you could experience teamwork and it could be more fun. I liked how you worked together to do everything. I also really like how you chose your jobs during the launch. I thought it was really fun to launch the rocket and record the data to make improvements. I liked experiencing the actual launch itself.

I thought this unit was really fun overall and that it gave me a deep understanding of rockets. This was my favorite unit I have ever done and I really hope to do a unit like this again.

Designing and Building Rocket #3

When we designed our third rocket we went back to our old first design because we relized that it would do the best out of all our designs. The only changes we made was making our rocket a little bit smaller and everything ingeneral. We thought this would help so it can rise up quicker and faster in the air. We think this will make our rocket set a record of height interms of our group.

The design had parts like sturdy nose cone taped in electrical tape, sturdy skinny pipe body, sturdy cardboard fins and more. We want to keep the same design as the first one  except improve it a little to set a record for our group. This will be our final launch so we want to make it count. I think the sturdy nose cone, body and fins will play a huge role in our success. Simply because it balances out the weight of our rocket.

When we started to build our rocket we tried to make it very precise. We wanted the measurments to be exact for top of the line performance. Even one foot could make a difference for us. Who knows? It might be the foot that makes the record for our group. We made our nose cone just like the first time (as that nose cone fitted our slightly smaller design) and made the body a little bit smaller and exact and we hot glued on the slightly smaller cardboard fins than last time. I always have liked building what you thought of. So I enjoyed building it.

I think that we had really good teamwork during the design and build proccess and I really enjoyed designing and building our third rocket. I think overall our group did really well and I can’t wait until our next launch!

 

Launching/Graphing Rocket#2

We launched our second rocket on a monday. I was really excited for this to launch to happen! I thought the launches were the best part of the unit and so I was always looking forward to them.

 We switched up our jobs during the launch a little to get a different experience. Although my job stayed the same, I was still happy about it because I liked it. I thought we did a really good job working together and making decisions based on each others opinions. Before we launched we were kilometer readers for another team. That means that we had to measure how high their rocket went.

When we launched I pumped the air pressure to exactly fifty for our rocket to launch well. After the launch our rocket didn’t do close to as well as our rocket last launch but it still launched pretty well. We changed our nose cone a little bit to experiment and It looked like It didn’t work out. On our next design we will go back to our old nose cone design and make everything else a little better. We are going to make our body a little bit smaller and try to balance every thing out. I think this will benefit us because it can go higher in the air faster and this can create a higher total.

Overall I think our team did really well working together and I am very excited for launching our next rocket. A few adjustments here and there can make our rocket a lot better and that’s what we’ll try to do. If we work well together and stick to our plans while building we will do great. I hope we can and have a very successful launch!

Rocketry

I think rocketry has been okay so far, but I think it will be pretty fun when we get to building and launching the rocket. I have experienced making an inspiration board so far and so far it is my least favorite part. Printing out pictures and ideas that inspire us, gluing it setting it up. That’s not really my thing. But building is.

In our first rocket design as a group, I really liked the designed we came up with including three fins instead of four, making the body thin, and making the nose cone sturdy and not to slim. I think that our rocket will be very successful although I think we will make adjustments.

I have learned how a rocket can be successful. Some examples are, the body should be pretty skinny but sturdy, we should have a pretty acute angle fins, The nose cone should be sturdy and slim, and much more. Overall I really am looking forward to building the rocket and launching it.