Designing and building our rocket was very exciting and it was also very hard. We all had fun during research, designing, and building a rocket. We also had trouble cooperating which usually lead to all of us fighting. But we always found a way to resolve the problem.

Our research affected our team’s design because it gave us an idea of how we were going to make our rocket. For example, it told what type of tube we were to use. It gave us information that we were going to apply for our rocket designs. Our team learned aerodynamics which really helped us with building the rocket. We learned what lift, thrust, weight, and drag is. We also learned how to make a rocket, even though 1 or 2 people already knew how to make a rocket. But somehow we all seemed to gain some type of knowledge from the rocket building. We split up so we could have multiple resources for our information. 

Why did our team make that nose cone? We made the sharp nose cone so it would easily cut through the air. Meaning it would make the air go to the side instead of the air pushing the rocket down. Why did our team make the body? We made our body thin because we thought it would help with the aerodynamics. Why did our team choose 4 fins for the amount of our fins? We choose 4 fins because we thought four fins would help our rocket in a way. We just thought as a group that we need 4 fins not really having a reason as to why we wanted 4 fins. Why did our team want to have small and triangle shape fins? Our team wanted to have small fins as not to way down the rocket. We wanted to have triangle fins just because most fins are triangle shape fins. We thought that we should do the fins the original way, because that way has worked well for a while.

How was our building process? Our building process was very hard. As you will see in the next paragraph you will see that our group was always fighting. So our group was fighting during this process. But we managed to split everything so that everyone got a chance to do something for our rocket. What was challenging was that every time someone always wanted something that the rest of the team said no too. It was hard to find a way to compromise because as it stated below that our team was bad at cooperating. 

 Collaboration during the research phase was good since we were separated researching on our own. Collaboration during the design phase was not as smooth. We did not cooperate that well since we all want different designs. Collaboration during the building phase was better. We collaborated now that everything was already done. All we needed to do was to was make the the 3-D figure of the design. Our team did not handle different ideas well. Sometimes we worked well and most of the time we fought. We always seemed to fight, but we always resolved the problem.

Us building Rocket #1

Designing and building our rocket was very exciting and it was also very hard. We all had fun doing research, designing, and building the rocket.  We also had trouble cooperating which interrupted our work.

Our team decided that we should change the number and size of the fins because everything else was okay for us except the fins. After the launch one of our fins came off because it wasn’t secured/glued properly on to the rocket. But since it didn’t come off during our launch we were fine because the launch has already happened. But we thought that we need to be a bit more careful so one of our fins does not fall off during the launch. 

When we were designing our rocket we focused on what was important and what was not. We also looked at our rocket design from rocket #1. We also looked at our notes and saw that we were changing the fins. We made the amount and size that we wanted on the computer. Our team was very upset because one time or the other someone (almost the whole team) was changing the design to their own preference because we all had trouble listening to each other.

When it came to build our rocket we had no design. So we had to go with he only design which was Elisha’s. we were a bit upset but the real fun was making the rocket. We had to make our rocket quickly since we were out of time. When we were gluing the fins the fins never really stuck so we had to add tape. By the time we were done we were ready to launch.

This is us building rocket #2