Stomp Rockets
Why we made stomp rockets?
We made stomp rockets to learn and see first-hand how forces effect movements such as push, pull and gravity. We also learnt how to use the effect drag and friction with the fins to see how it can improve the height and distance while it is flying.
What did the stomp rocket teach us?
It taught us how to make a stomp rocket that would fly and how to assemble a stomp rocket launcher.
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We made the fuselage |
With PVC pipe and a piece of paper |
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We made some fins |
With a piece of paper and scissors |
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We made the cone |
We mad it out of 3 quarters of a circle |
Then we taped the rocket all together. We also learnt how the force push works. When we stomped on the rocket the air pushed the rocket up. A couple of rockets had to be redesigned because they had holes in them. The force didn’t make the rocket launch but broke the launcher. A few modifications were made to the rockets and then they launched.
Where and when could we do it?
We could not do it on the first week because it was too wet but after a while the bottom playground had dried off. We could finally do the experiment. We asked ourselves if the wind would affect the flight distance and height.
After year 5/6 had finished their stomp rockets and we calculated the height with our very own made altitude tracker. The altitude tracker made finding the height very easy. All we had to do was aim the tracker to where the rocket went the highest. We stood on two baselines to get an average measurement, then someone read the angle. Afterwards, we used graph paper to draw the lines of the angles that people got with the trackers to find the altitude point. Every centimetre would be one metre, and then you have the height.
-Charlie and Patrick 5/6
