Part 1: Rocket Design, Flight and Group Challenge (30 points)

• OBJECTIVES

You will be given an Estes Viking model rocket kit to build; follow the instructions that are provided with the model. You will be graded on the aerodynamics of your model; if you are unfamiliar with this term, research it! Part of the aerodynamics treatment should include a painted finish…choose a color scheme that suits you best (be creative!).

•  IMPORTANT: Click here for critical assembly instruction!

• DUE DATES

All rockets are to be completed by the due date: check your class calendar (AP) (CP2). Launches will take place the first available good weather class day after the due date (prior to the end of the quarter).

• GROUP CHALLENGE

Aerospace engineers, working as teams assigned to projects, tackle problems on a daily basis. In the real world, engineers never have unrestricted or unlimited time to explore viable solutions; projects are almost always governed by deadlines. Each class will be given a "physics of rockets" related problem to solve as a team (i.e. the entire class works the problem together). Each class will be assigned a unique "physics of rockets" problem. You must solve the problem in a fixed amount of time; your allotted time varies depending on the difficulty of the problem assigned (Mr. P. will designate the time... typically 20 minutes). Text books, class notes, white board, SmartBoard (with Internet access), reference materials in the room are all permitted.

0-5 points will be awarded per student/class based on the solution presented.

 

Part 2: Report and Wordle© evaluation (20 points)

(Wordle is copyrighted by Jonathan Feinberg)

• OBJECTIVES

1. Select a topic from the list below and sign your name on the sign-up sheet provided in the room; only one topic is allowed per student per class... once a topic is chosen, that topic is "taken" and not available for others... first come, first served.

2. Prepare a report on your topic in WORD.

3. The report format should be typed with double spaced lines. Your title page will be a WORDLE © (see 5 below).

4. Include pictures and/or drawings. Every picture should contain its source (Internet URL's can be listed in the bibliography).

5. Prepare a self-evaluation/reflection of your report using WORDLE © (LINK). Create at least 20 words that best summarizes the main ideas in your report. Print the WORDLE © and attach it as your report cover page (make sure your name is entered at least 3 times in your WORDLE © list so that it will stand out in a larger font...Mr. P will give you an overview of WORDLE © in class). Click here for a physics WORDLE © example.

• AVAILABLE TOPICS

Forces on a Model Rocket National Association of Rocketry NASA Rocket Propulsion Model Rocket Engines Jet Propulsion Lab, California Kennedy Space Center RGSFOP SETI Project Mercury Project Gemini Apollo 11 Apollo 13 Apollo 15 Project Soyuz Mir Sky-Lab

STS-1 STS-31 STS-51L STS-107 STS-121 Cassini-Huygens Mission Mars Rover Mission: Spirit/Opportunity Laika and Sputnik Yuri Gagarin Kathie Olsen, PhD Nancy Roman Mary L Cleave, PhD, PE Karen Crandall John Glenn Alan Shepard Neil Armstrong Homer Hickam Vern Estes