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Science
Energy & forces: Paper Rockets
09 January 2023 | Science
2nd& 3rd class had great fun making paper rockets
2nd & 3rd class had great fun making a paper rocket on Friday. Before they made their rocket, the class had a discussion on moving air & how it can move many things such as a light breeze moving leaves or a storm doing damage to buildings. They then discussed how rockets go into space, the fact that gravity is trying to pull the rocket back to the ground and that it needs a huge amount of energy to get it into "orbit".
They wrote the following procedure to show what they did:
Materials: two straws, one wider than the other, masking tape, template for paper rocket X2, scissors, colours.
Method;
- Colour in and/design paper rockets.
- Cut out rocket.
- Tape one end of the wider straw with masking tape so that it covers the end.
- Place this end onto the back of one of the rockets and tape in place.
- Paste the other paper over this rocket so that the straw is now in between the two rocket shapes.
- Place the narrow straw into the wider straw.
- Hold the rocket by the narrow straw and blow into the narrow straw.
- Have fun!
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