Blast Off!

A few of the rockets my students made.

The eighth graders are done with middle school and are moving on.  During the last few days we completed our Forces and Motion unit by building rockets and shooting them off.  Mr. S has done this for years.  He build his own rocket launcher using PVC pipe and an air pump.  The rockets shoot off from all of the air pressure built up.  He has extra PVC pipes to use when building the rocket so the kids can make sure they have the correct diameter needed.

The day we made these was also my birthday.  I received some nice wishes and a note on my whiteboard:

They're simple rockets made from card-stock paper, but it was lots of fun.  A few of the kids made rockets that flew up really high and over the school fence. Most went a little ways up.  Others totally failed and only the top cone blew off and the rest of the rocket remained.  It was a fun last activity, though.

Mr. S ready to blast off another rocket.