Final Day Bottle Rocket Assingment: Post a Blog About Your Final or Most Succesful Launch Due Sunday May 8th

This final blog counts as a test score, 40% of it will come from having successfully launched a rocket for 10 seconds or longer (16 points), the remaining 60% will come from your final blog (24 points)
The final blog needs to contain the following
1. A video of your final and most successful launch.
2. What issues or problems did you encounter during the project.
3. How did these issues and problems affect the performance of your rocket.
4. What did you do to resolve the issues and problems.
5. What was the result of your solutions. 

Day 6 Bottle Rocket Assignment: Complete and Record a 2nd Launch Due Friday, May 6th

1.  Make and digitally record a second video of your rocket being launched.
2.  Post the video to your blog
3.  Post a blog about the second launch.  The blog needs to cover the following.
     a. What changes did you make to your rocket from the first to the second launch.
     b. What were some of the things that were successful with your launch and why.
     c. What were some of the things that were not successful with your launch and why.
     d. How did your launch compare with your prediction.
     e. What are some possible improvements you can make to improve the performance of your rocket.

Day 5 Bottle Rocket Assignment: Complete and Record a Launch Due Tuesday, May 3rd

1.  Make and digitally record a video of your rocket being launched.
2.  Post the video to your blog
3.  Post a blog about the launch.  The blog needs to cover the following.
     a. What were some of the things that were successful with your launch and why.
     b. What were some of the things that were not successful with your launch and why.
     c. How did your launch compare with your prediction.
     d. What are some possible improvements you can make to improve the performance of your rocket.
4. Record flight data about your rocket and include the following
    a. Mass of the rocket empty (no water)
    b. Mass of the rocket full
    c. Total flight time
    d. Time to maximum height
    e. Estimate the maximum height achieved by the rocket

Day 4 Bottle Rocket Assignment: Post Images and Blog by Sunday, April 30th

1. Post to your blog the following images
    a. An image of your group building your rocket
    b. An image of the completed rocket
    c. An image of the submitted rocket design
2. Discuss the construction of your rocket and include the following
    a. What where some of the biggest challenges with your construction
    b. What factors did you take into consideration regarding the construction of you rocket (i.e. mass, shape of fins, parachute, etc)
    c.  Make a prediction about how your rocket will perform next week
3. Be prepared to launch your rocket on Monday.  Groups that do not have a complete rocket and have at least one recorded launch will lose points.

Day 3 Bottle Rocket Assignment: Extra Credit

Extra credit will be awarded for....
1. The first rocket that makes a successful launch
2. The rocket that goes the highest
3. The rocket that spends the longest time in the air

Day 2 Bottle Rocket Assignment: Update Blog and Gather Materials

1. Link your blog to mine, and all the other groups in the class
2. Make sure the blog is properly formatted.   Post links in the upper right hand corner of the page
2. Make sure that everything posted, including definitions and materials, are properly cited.
3. Make sure that the material list is correct for the actual materials you will use.
4. Bring your materials, per your list, to class by Thursday, April 21st.
5. Groups that bring in all their listed material and are ready to begin construction by Thursday, April 21st will receive extra credit.
6. Hand in an initial design for your rocket.
6. All materials need to be brought to class and construction started no later than Tuesday, April 26th.

Day 1 Bottle Rocket Assignment: Create Your Blog (Due Thursday, April 20th)

1. Create a blog.
2. Posted on the blog is your group name along with the members of the group.
3. On the blog, create 2 links to a video or website, other than the ones already provided by Mr. Hutchison, that shows how to build and launch a water bottle rocket.
4. Create a link to at least one other group in class
5. On the blog, define the following terms; pressure, psi, center of mass, propulsion, Newtonʻs 1st Law, Newtonʻs 2nd Law, Newtonʻs 3rd Law.
6. Post a list of materials you will need to build your bottle rocket
7. By the end of the period, hand in to Mr. Hutchison, the address of your blog, group name and members of the group.