Designing and Building Rocket #2

Designing rocket number 2 was no easier than designing rocket number 1. The hardest part was definitely agreeing and disagreeing with things. We made three rockets than voted on them. One kid didn’t care and everyone else voted. Of course, it was 1, 1 and 1.  So we had to do things differently. We ended up picking a skinny rocket, with 3 fins and a long nose cone. Everyone agreed. 

 

When we started building, things didn’t start out that good. The body was too wide. We started over and that one was a success. The fins were sketched out a few different times and we picked the best one and went with it. Our teacher cut them out and then it was time to make the nose cone. The first one wasn’t the best, we kept on making nose cones until someone in my group made a really good nose cone. We used that one. 

 

The next step was to hot glue and tape everything onto the rocket. Our group was gluing and taping a lot onto the rocket so the nose cone and the fins were on sturdy and tight. Nobody wanted the rocket to explode in mid air. 

 

Overall I think when our group got into arguments we didn’t do as well. When we all agreed and didn’t fight, we did very well. For the third rocket design, build and launch we have to agree for our rocket to go high.

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