water bottle rocket (1)
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Water Bottle Rocket (1)TRANSCRIPT
WATER Bottle Rocket
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Materials:
• 1.5 or 2 L soda bottle• cork• cardboard• clay/tennis ball/ping pong ball• glue gun, masking tape, duct tape• scissors• decorations
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RUBRIC
• Design and construction look carefully planned.
• Design is interesting and attractive.
• The rocket is neat and free of flaws.
• The rocket has all the parts (nose and fins).
1. Construction and Design
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• Rocket leaves the launch pad and flies for at least
3 seconds.
• Rocket is propelled only by water and air
pressure.
• Rocket can be launched at least 3 times.
2. Flight Performance
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• Explain the physics behind the project.
• Calculate the net force acting on the rocket at the
moment of launch, initial acceleration of the
rocket at the moment of launch, impulse imparted
on the rocket, maximum altitude to which the
water rose, and velocity of the rocket as it strikes
the ground.
3. Written Output
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