Energy

Day 8 Redesign Rockets

Warm up

FIND: The Reaching Goals Plans on

your desk (in blue bin)
COMPLETE: Reaching Goals Plan
Reflection
BE THOUGHTFUL: With your responses

TIME: 7 MINUTES
WHEN DONE: Turn into class box

Warm Up - Final Rocket

GATHER: Your rocket supplies from
back of the room

CIO: Take picture of your logo (with device)

and send to Ms. Myriah Day via email
(mday@pps.net)
Name of company in subject line

TIME: 6 MINUTES
WHEN DONE: Begin designing final
rocket (not building)

Agenda

Design FINAL rocket

Build FINAL rocket

Launch and Video FINAL rocket

Calculate Energy of final
rocket

Learning Targets
I can use a model to analyze the
energy of a rocket in flight
I can use a model to calculate
the energy of a rocket in flight

Group work expectations

Everyone
Stay with your
works,
group
everyone
understands
Focus on Task

Do your Job

Rocket Project
WITH YOUR COMPANY: DISCUSS
and DESIGN FINAL ROCKET

How long of body? What color to be able

to show up on video?
How big of a nose cone?
How many fins?

WRITE: Rationale for design

(everyone in group must have
design and rationale)
TIME: 9 minutes
WHEN DONE: Show Ms. Myriah

Rocket Project
ALL MEMBERS HELP:
Make Nose Cone(make sure to
color nose cone is a bright color)
Make Fins
CAREFUL:
Make Body
With HOT
Put all pieces together GLUE, it
CAN BURN
Decorate Rocket
you!
TIME: 22 minutes
WHEN DONE: Take the mass of
your final rocket, clean up area (all
paper scraps), and grab an iPad and

Rocket Project
ALL MEMBERS CLEAN UP:
All scraps on table and floor
RETURN TO FRONT OF ROOM:
Scissors
Glue Guns/Glue Sticks
Wooden Dowels
THE REST OF YOUR ROCKET
MATERIALS:
Put in small BIN/BOX
WRITE: Company name and Class
Period on BIN/BOX

TIME: 4 minutes
WHEN DONE: Make sure all of your