ROCKET PROJECT - 2012

Design Team Members:Neil deGrasse TysonRichard FeynmanStephen Hawking

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Design Team Nameand/or Logo

Project Purpose

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Work Breakdown StructureResponsibility Assignment Matrix

Gantt Chart

Hint:• Describe clearly• Do not read directly from your

powerpoint

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Sketch/Drawing(s) or Picture of your Rocket

Hint: • Brief explanation (verbal) of your

design(s)• Do not read directly from your

powerpoint

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Materials and approximate cost(table)

Hint: • Brief explanation (verbal)as to why

you chose these materials• Do not read directly from your

powerpoint

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Physics principles relating to project (multiple slides)

Hint:• Use appropriate language/terminology

• Force, Speed, Acceleration, Thrust, Center of Mass, etc.• Relate the physics you have learned to the project.

• What makes Rocket Flight Possible? Describe in Detail.• How did you calculate the maximum height attained by your rocket• Explain your data, how does it relate to the performance of your Rocket

• Mass of Rocket• Angle - the maximum height attained by your rocket• Water volume used• Air Pressure usedSimulator results http://www.aircommandrockets.com/flying_higher.htm • Initial Thrust• Initial Burn Acceleration• Average Acceleration• Time to Burnout• Burnout Velocity• Drag Force• Actual Apogee`• Total Time of Flight

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Physics principles relating to project (multiple slides)

Hint:• Pictures or Video to illustrate your explanation

of how rocket flight is possible.• Make Connections to the Entry Document

• Proposal• Brochure• How can this be used to teach science to students

• Do not read directly from your powerpoint

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ConclusionHint:• Summarize the project. • Did you successfully address all of the

requirements of the Entry Document. • What did you learn; about yourself, your group,

physics, rocket flight, the project?• Do not read directly from your powerpoint

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