The Design Process: Rockets
Watch the movie: October Sky - Where do you see examples of the Rocket Boys following the steps of the Design Process?
Steps of the design process:
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3/7 - PBS Videos illustrating Design Process steps:
IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM
BRAINSTORM
DESIGN
BUILD, TEST, EVALUATE, AND REDESIGN
IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM
- What is today’s challenge?
- What is the problem you are trying to solve?
- How will you know if you’ve succeeded?
BRAINSTORM
- What are some different ways to tackle today’s challenge?
- Off-the-wall suggestions often spark great ideas. How creative can you be?
DESIGN
- Which brainstormed ideas are really possible, given your time, tools, and materials?
- What are some problems you need to solve as you build your project?
- How can a sketch help clarify your design?
BUILD, TEST, EVALUATE, AND REDESIGN
- What materials will you need?
- What can you learn by looking at other students’ projects?
- Why is it a good idea to keep testing a design?
- What specific goal are you trying to achieve, and how will you know if you’ve been successful?
- How does the design meet the criteria for success presented in the challenge?
- What’s the best feature of your design? Why?
- What were the different steps you took to get your project to work?
- What was the hardest problem to solve?
- Did you have to do something a few times to get it to work? What?
- If you had more time, how would you improve your project?
3/8 - 3/9 - Use the slides in the PDF file below to answer the questions on your handout about rocket history, rocket parts, and the forces involved in model rocket flight.
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3/10 - 3/16 - Try this Rocket Science Webquest
Use the Introduction, Task, and Process tabs at the left of the page to work through the steps of the webquest, clicking on the videos, links, etc. With ONE partner, write a report about "How Rockets Work." You can create a Google document and share it with your partner so you can both write on the report, or you can write it on your own paper and keep it in your folder. You will present these to the group.
Use the Introduction, Task, and Process tabs at the left of the page to work through the steps of the webquest, clicking on the videos, links, etc. With ONE partner, write a report about "How Rockets Work." You can create a Google document and share it with your partner so you can both write on the report, or you can write it on your own paper and keep it in your folder. You will present these to the group.
3/4 - I Am Flying to the Moon - Build and fly your rocket. Add upgrades! How well can you do? But watch out for helicopters, UFOs, and hot air balloons...
Read the article: Designing a Rocket in Six Easy Steps
After you read the article, begin the design process, and draw what you want your rocket to look like. Be sure to include and label the various parts (you can use the above links or your handout from earlier. Think about your nose cone size shape, body tube size and shape, and fin shape and placement. We will start building prototypes this week - what do you want your rocket to look like, and what can you reasonably build? Include materials on your drawing as well - paper, cardboard, rubber bands, etc.
After you read the article, begin the design process, and draw what you want your rocket to look like. Be sure to include and label the various parts (you can use the above links or your handout from earlier. Think about your nose cone size shape, body tube size and shape, and fin shape and placement. We will start building prototypes this week - what do you want your rocket to look like, and what can you reasonably build? Include materials on your drawing as well - paper, cardboard, rubber bands, etc.
Look at your drawing from yesterday. Using copy paper, tape and index cards, make a model of your rocket. Be sure your body tube will fit on the stomp rocket launch pad. Are the "seals" on your rocket tight? What does this mean? Why is this important? Try to launch it with the stomp rocket launch pad. Does it work? Why or why not? If it doesn't work, what do you think you need to do to fix it? Does your rocket fly straight up? Why or why not?