It was timely to stop at week 3 and look at all we do in a week in our class.
Our West-A-Math team have been working hard to improve for Wednesday's competition in Westport.
We have been practicing hard for the Rip Rugby with Helen on a Tuesday, and our big topic focus for energy at the moment is our Rocket Challenge.
Schools all over NZ all take part in the 'Rocket challenge' that sees us trying to launch a rocket higher and further than anyone else using just water and pressure.
We got our engineering experts on the case and decided that we had some "pressure leaks" in our launch machine, that had to be remedied before we went any further. After that we were dying to try to launch even the simplest bottle. This was fun but far from perfect as they spun out and went all over the place. The focus then was on how to improve them. Simple nose cones and fins had some success but then we had to consider weight and the amount of water in our rockets and what the effect was on how far they travel. Our biggest taste of success was Tuesday when we concentrated on weight on the front of Liam Cuff's Rocket. We launched it and it took off hitting and denting the door of the Bike shed. (Well thats our story). Stay turned for an update on our goal to win New Zealand's Rocket Challenge.
Hi Mr A, how many rockets did you have to make before you hit the jackpot! I did spy one days worth of attempts where they disappeared over the class roof!
ReplyDeleteEach student had one rocket, from this we will narrow our team down to a crew consisting on a Chief Engineer, safety officer, payload specialist and communications specialist. They will work on improving all aspects of our rocket launch.
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