Students in Honors Physics classes were recently tasked with applying their knowledge by building something that would cause their interest to truly
“soar”- rockets! The rockets were constructed out of 20-oz soda bottles and students were allowed to add any kind of nosecone and fins they desired.
Students launched the rockets using a combination of pressurized air and water; Newton ’s third law dictates that as the air forced the water out of the
nozzles the reaction force would cause the rocket to go flying into the air.
Students competed to determine who could send the rockets flying highest into the air, and at the end of the day the winner by a long shot was Junior
Shea Hamrick, whose rocket flew over 150 feet high. Other rockets that crested the 100 foot mark were entries by Christina Zamarano and the team of
Zach Kurth and Spencer Ullman. Special mention goes out to the team of Nathan Martin and Zach Bustoz, whose rocket actually managed to fly
sideways and impaled itself in the ground clear across the field from the launch site!
“soar”- rockets! The rockets were constructed out of 20-oz soda bottles and students were allowed to add any kind of nosecone and fins they desired.
Students launched the rockets using a combination of pressurized air and water; Newton ’s third law dictates that as the air forced the water out of the
nozzles the reaction force would cause the rocket to go flying into the air.
Students competed to determine who could send the rockets flying highest into the air, and at the end of the day the winner by a long shot was Junior
Shea Hamrick, whose rocket flew over 150 feet high. Other rockets that crested the 100 foot mark were entries by Christina Zamarano and the team of
Zach Kurth and Spencer Ullman. Special mention goes out to the team of Nathan Martin and Zach Bustoz, whose rocket actually managed to fly
sideways and impaled itself in the ground clear across the field from the launch site!
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