Project: Building a Model Rocket

This project is worth two lab grades.
Grades will be determined on the PB&J Scale as follows:

1 — No rocket or an unfinished rocket

2 — Completed rocket but not ready to launch because the worksheet is not done or safety precautions were not followed

3 — Completed rocket, completed worksheet, completed launch … but some errors on the worksheet.

4 — Completed rocket, completed worksheet, completed launch, no errors and the rocket is well-decorated and shows evidence of care in its construction

5 — All of what it takes to get a 4 plus an Above & Beyond component such as one of the following:
  1. A completely unique design with professional-quality decoration/styling
  2. Challenge problems completed correctly and handed in with the rocketry worksheet
  3. Use trigonometry and some simple measurements (taken during the flight of your rocket) to measure the actual maximum height of your rocket’s flight. Compute a % error between your predicted height and the measured height
  4. Write a report of more than one page (2 - 3) on the history of rocketry with at least three sources
  5. Build a multi-stage or a D engine rocket
  6. Your own idea approved in advance by the teacher
Last updated: May 02, 2007       Home